Community Policing

This title explores community policing, including: what is community policing; effectiveness of community policing and neighborhood watch programs; how community policing can be improved; should citizens have the right to use deadly force? The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both popular and unpopular views, the OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS series has adhered to its commitment to editorial objectivity. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking.