Service to the Community: Crime Prevention in an Era of Reactive Policing

• In Event: Police Strategies and Management

Abstract

Previous research has addressed the influence that support for crime prevention initiatives from management has on patrol officer behavior. However, what happens when those initiatives are not the focal point of the organisation? Using data collected through a survey of police personnel and over 300 hours of participant observation, this study examines the ways patrol officers engage in crime prevention and community policing initiatives despite not being encouraged to do so by their police service.

Authors

• Damian Sycz, University of Waterloo

• Jennifer L. Schulenberg, University of Waterloo