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EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY POLICING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FARMERS-HERDERS CONFLICT IN OYO SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, OYO STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Education Research Review
The persistent farmers–herders conflict in Nigeria has exposed the limitations of conventional, state-centric policing, particularly in rural communities. This study examined the effectiveness of community policing in managing farmers–herders conflict in
Ayowole Peters AWE   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Democratic Policing and Officer Well-Being

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Efforts to improve police–community relationships have increased initiatives that aim to build trust and mutual respect between officers and the communities they serve.
Kimberly C. Burke
doaj   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploratory Assessment of Community-Oriented Policing Implementation, Social Disorganization and Crime in America

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2018
Prior research has examined the impact of community-oriented policing (COP) on crime extensively. While the implementation of community policing has been considered mainly within the context of large police agencies, there is a paucity of research on how
Kimberly S. Przeszlowski   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
wiley   +1 more source

Helping financially under‐resourced unmarried mothers move forward and flourish: Feasibility findings from an innovative coaching‐centered place‐based initiative

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐duration, holistic, cohort‐based, coach‐led interventions may be particularly effective in promoting both economic health and emotional well‐being among unmarried mothers living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Aligning with the 1999 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) framework for program evaluation, this study presents a ...
Jennifer Langhinrichsen‐Rohling   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Japanese model of the implementation of the community policing [PDF]

open access: yesStrani pravni život, 2020
Community policing is the strategy of policing that is applied in countries around the world, and through time, it became the most popular way of approach to police work.
Đoković Lazar S.
doaj  

Place‐based risk: Examining relationships between adolescent perceptions of community risk factors and adolescent substance use across geographic contexts

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mixed evidence for the influence of structural and social factors on adolescent substance use behaviors exists across the rural–urban continuum. Therefore, this study explores how adolescent perceptions of structural and social community risk factors are associated with lifetime and past 30‐day use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, and ...
Melissa Pearman Fenton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

First nation policing program and policy-making

open access: yesJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2019
The well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada has been impacted by the historical interactions between the federal government and Indigenous communities. There is currently an over representation of Indigenous peoples in the justice system and a lack of
Dalton Breutigam, Elisabeth Fortier
doaj   +1 more source

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