• ISBN13: 9788126937882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Law and Criminology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: February 13, 2024
• Pages: 242
• Original Price: INR 995.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 400 grams

Community policing is a widely discussed philosophy within law enforcement around the world. However, its implementation has remained inadequate either due to the organisational settings of the police or the suspicious approach of the community. Community Policing: Misnomer or Fact? offers solutions to these problems by analysing the conceptual variances and factors that impede smooth collaboration between the police and the public. The book discusses the underlying philosophy, governing schools of thought, and the strengths and weaknesses of community policing. It also explains important policing concepts such as Police Syndrome, Tracking Participation Footprint and Image Dating/Image Mapping. Four case studies from Madhya Pradesh (India) and Timor-Leste help further elucidating the practical applicability of these concepts. By negotiating with the idea of allowing civilian participation to become a legitimate means of making the police accountable, it argues that compliance with the law must go hand in hand with protecting the fundamental rights of people to preserve a liberal democratic society.

Veerendra Mishra is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh Cadre. An international expert on the subject of human trafficking, he is founder of RACE (Research, Advocacy and Capacity Building against Exploitation) Lab, India’s first antihuman trafficking lab. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Hubert Humphrey and Kalinga Fellowships, and has authored several other books on human trafficking, including Human Trafficking: The Stakeholders’ Perspective (2015) and Trafficking: Identifying Gaps in Policy and Law (2015).

• List of Figures vii
• List of Abbreviations ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• 1. Points to Ponder: An Introductory Note 1
• 2. The Philosophy and Concept of Community Policing 4
• 3. Active Quadruple: Four P’s
• Police, Politician,
• Press, and Public 22
• 4. Management Gap: A Hindrance to Participative Policing 43
• 5. Police Syndrome 69
• 6. Perspective Constrains 76
• 7. Police’s Opinion about Their Jobs 88
• 8. Variables Acting as Hindrance to Participative Policing 102
• 9. Benefits of Participation 114
• 10. Curative Suggestions to Bring Attitudinal Change in Police 133
• CASE STUDIES
• 11. Communal Violence in Narsinghgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and the Aftermath 151
• 12. Timor-Leste: Partners in Policing Model (PIP Model) 174
• 13. Coordinated Response to Combat Violence against Women: A Participative Policing Initiative of Madhya Pradesh Police, India 187
• vi Community Policing
• 14. Experiences of Timor-Leste (East Timor): Domestic Violence Redressal Forum
• A Redressal Mechanism in Timor-Leste 204
• 15. For a Better Future 213
• Index 223
• About the Author 227