ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Introduction
Community policing is a law enforcement philosophy that talks about the
involvement of the law enforcement officers much more in the community than what they
usually do in the course of traditional policing method (Segrave & Ratcliffe, 2017). It strives
to prevent crime even before it occurs in the society, thereby completely eradicating it from
the roots. It aims to create a safer social environment where the community shall encounter
zero or negligence amount of crime, as it proposes to make the citizens more aware and
vigilant about a crime and help prevent it themselves at times, however, without breaking the
law. The philosophy of community policing encourages the citizens to take part in law
enforcement activities for ensuring a safer community (Segrave & Ratcliffe, 2017).
Therefore, it is of vital importance that the concept and philosophy of community policing be
studied and researched for further development. Along with community policing, it is
essential to tap the other forms of policing that are discussed by modern researchers, like
public self-policing where the common citizens are vested with the responsibility to check,
manage and enforce petty offences in the community, instead of waiting for the law
enforcement officers to arrive and take charge. Therefore, the following literatures are to be
briefly overviewed to know the existing researches on this topic.
Somerville, P. (2009). Understanding community policing. Policing: An International
Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 32(2), 261-277.
Peter Somerville, the author of this journal is the Professor of Social Policy,
University of Lincoln, UK. He explored this area of research to understand how policing
could be developed in today’s community. The paper implies how government and other
policing organisations might employ advanced policing techniques and strategies in future.

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Annotated Bibliography: Journals on Community Policing 2022

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