The move to community policing : making change happen / editors, Merry Morash, J. Kevin Ford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morash, Merry, 1946-

Ford, J. Kevin (John Kevin)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community policing.

Organizational change.

Police administration.

Police training.

Physical Description:

xvii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, [2002]

Summary:

Community policing continues to be of great interest to policy makers, scholars and, of course, local police agencies. Successfully achieving the transformation from a traditional policing model to community policing can be difficult. This book aims to illuminate the path to make that change as easy as possible. Morash and Ford have produced a contributed anthology with original articles from a variety of well-known researchers, police trainers and leaders.

They focus on: Recent research for developing data systems to shape police reform Changing the police culture to implement community policing Creating partnership strategies within police organizations and between police and community groups for successful community policing Anticipating future challenges

Contents:

1. Transforming Police Organizations / J. Kevin Ford, Merry Morash 1

Stage Model of Change 2

Exploration and Commitment 2

Planning and Implementation 3

Monitoring and Institutionalization 4

Developing Data-Driven Approaches 6

Changing the Police Culture 7

Creating Partnerships for Community Policing 8

Dealing With Ongoing Challenges in the Shift to Community Policing 10

Part I Developing Data-Driven Systems

2. Using Assessment Tools to Jump-Start the Move to Community Policing / Cori A. Davis, J. Kevin Ford 15

Data Gathering as a Process 16

A Data-Driven Model 17

Characteristics of Effective Data 18

Strategies for Collecting Qualitative Data 18

Strategies for Collecting Quantitative Data 21

Facilitated Assessment 24

Structured Self-Assessment 27

Developing an Action Plan 29

Community-Policing Organizational Survey 32

Survey Results: A Case Example 34

Organizational Survey Feedback Process 35

Implications for Planning and Implementing a Change Effort 37

Benefits of Using Both Assessment Tools 37

Impact of Assessment Tool Data 39

3. Citizen Input and Police Service: Moving Beyond the "Feel Good" Community Survey / Michael D. Reisig 43

Citizen Satisfaction as Feedback in the Police Context 45

Police Encounters and Citizen Satisfaction 46

Quality of Life and Citizen Satisfaction 47

Reviving Encounter-Level Satisfaction Research 48

An Integrative Strategy for Acquiring Citizen Input 50

The Middletown Police Department: A Hypothetical Case 50

4. Using Multiple Methods in Community Crime Prevention and Community-Policing Research: The Case of Project ROAR / Andrew L. Giacomazzi, Edmund F. McGarrell 61

Project ROAR Overview 62

Research Questions and Design 63

Discussion of Research Methods and Implementation 66

Process Evaluation 66

Survey Research 69

Offenses Known and Arrest Data 71

Physical and Social Inventory of Neighborhoods 72

Quasi-Experimental Design 75

Part II Changing the Police Culture

5. Styles of Patrol in a Community Policing Context / Stephen D. Mastrofski, James J. Willis, Jeffrey B. Snipes 81

Research on Patrol Styles 82

Richmond and Its Community-Policing Program 84

Data and Methods 85

Styles of Policing 87

The Professional 88

The Reactor 94

The Tough Cop 98

The Avoider 100

Styles of Policing in a Community-Policing Context 102

Shift Work and Police Style 103

Community Policing and Police Styles: A New Paradigm? 105

6. Dual Responsibilities: A Model for Immersing Midlevel Managers in Community Policing / Mark E. Alley, Elizabeth M. Bonello, Joseph A. Schafer 112

The Role of Midlevel Managers 113

Traditional Roles 113

New Roles for Cultural Change 114

Engaging Midlevel Managers in Community Policing 115

Geographic Accountability 116

The Move to Dual Responsibilities 117

The Challenges of Dual Responsibility 119

Handling Shift and Geographic Responsibilities 119

Strategies for Meeting the Challenges 120

7. Organizational Change and Development: Fundamental Principles, Core Dilemmas, and Leadership Challenges in the Move Toward a Community-Policing Strategy / J. Kevin Ford 126

Fundamental Principles of Organizational Change and Development 127

Viewing Organizations as Integrated Systems 128

High Involvement 130

A Continuous Learning Perspective 131

Implications for the Transformation to Community Policing 133

Dealing With the Dilemmas of Change 133

Organizational Change Dilemmas 135

Leadership Challenges for Transforming Police Agencies 140

Preparing the Organization: Creating a Sense of Urgency for the Change 141

Planning for the Change: Creating a Powerful Guidance Team for Change 142

Implementing Change: Creating Opportunities for Innovation 144

Monitoring the Change Effort: Showing Constancy of Purpose 146

Institutionalizing the Change: Building on Success 147

Part III Creating Partnerships

8. Focus on Internal Partnerships: A Framework for Implementing Community Policing in a Unionized Department / Michael J. Polzin, Julie L. Brockman 155

Partnerships 156

Working With a Unionized Police Force 158

The Context for Partnership 161

Union-Management Partnerships 162

Characteristics of Effective Union-Management Partnerships 165

Scope of Authority of the Union-Management Partnership 166

Reducing Resistance 168

A Framework for Building a Union-Management Partnership 169

Stage 2 Preparing to Change 173

Stage 3 Working Cooperatively 174

Stage 4 Sustaining the Change 176

Ongoing Concerns 176

9. The Nexus of Community Policing and Domestic Violence / Merry Morash, Amanda L. Robinson 180

An Examination of the Nexus 181

Federal Efforts 181

Community Policing and the Nexus With Domestic Violence 182

Potential for Cooperation at the Nexus 184

Challenges to Cooperation 185

Contemporary Police Practices and Domestic Violence 189

Efforts to Create a Cooperative Nexus of Community Policing and Domestic Violence 190

Community Police Interacting With Parties Involved in Domestic Violence 190

Problem Solving Applied to Domestic Violence 192

Police-Public Partnerships 194

10. Action Research for Community-Oriented Policing and Comprehensive School Safety Planning / Audrey Z. Martini, Monique Fields, Tracey Goss McGinley, Amanda L. Robinson, Merry Morash 204

Research Methodology 206

Identifying the Components of a Safety Plan 207

Action Research 208

Survey Results 210

Importance of Key Aspects of a Comprehensive School Safety Plan 210

Social Capital to Promote School Safety 212

County-Specific Results 212

Appendix School Safety Summit Survey 216

11. Social Capital, Collective Action, and Community Policing: A Case Study in Sioux City, Iowa / Mark E. Correia 223

Overview of Recent Sioux City History 224

Changing Demographics and Economic Base 224

Policing in Sioux City: An Example of Community Policing 225

CAST: Successes and Problems 227

Collective Action 227

Social Capital 229

Social Capital and Social Responsibility 230

Research Focus 231

Data Collection and Methods 231

Measurement 232

Analysis of Community Cohesion 233

Part IV Dealing With Ongoing Challenges

12. The Challenge of Effective Organizational Change: Lessons Learned in Community-Policing Implementation / Joseph A. Schafer 243

Impediments to Organizational Change 244

Organizational Issues 245

Human Issues 249

A Case Study of Community Policing in Motor City 251

Historical Perspective 252

Evaluating the MCPD Model 254

13. Reflections on the Move to Community Policing / David L. Carter 264

Developing a Perspective 264

The Past as Future 266

Project STAR 268

Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program (ICAP) 269

Problem-Oriented and Community Policing: Development and Integration 269

Breaking the Bonds of Tradition 271

Quality Management and Change to Community Policing 272

14. Directing the Future of Community-Policing Initiatives / Merry Morash, J. Kevin Ford, Jane P. White, Jerome G. Boles III 277

The Core Elements of Community Policing 278

Key Challenges 279

A Customer-Based Organizational Transformation 279

Unlimited Partnerships 283

Unified Effort to Solve Problems 286

Decision Points 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761924728

0761924736

OCLC:

47289186