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  1. 1. Is the phenomenon of buying sexual services too complex to be able to counteract?

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Felicia Stråhle; Elsa Lövén; [2023]
    Keywords : Crime prevention; Purchase of sexual services; Sweden; Police regions; The implementation theory; Community policing strategy;

    Abstract : The purchase of sexual services in Sweden is becoming increasingly extensive and requires increased crime prevention resources. The phenomenon is complex and the underlying problem is difficult to define. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gun violence among criminal networks : A quantitative analysis of Swedish police officers’ perceptions on crime prevention work

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Emma West; [2022]
    Keywords : Gun violence; criminal networks; community policing; problem-oriented policing; law enforcement; vulnerable areas and non-vulnerable areas.;

    Abstract : Purpose This study amied to explore how police officers perceived the crime prevention efforts taken against gun violence in Sweden. Of particularly interest was to examine how certain efforts were perceived by the police officers, to be more or less effective when it comes to prevent gun violence from occurring among criminal networks. READ MORE

  4. 3. Challenges of Community Policing and Community Safety in the slum Community of Westpoint. District Number 7, Monsterrado County, Liberia : None

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Grace Akose Badu; [2022]
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    Abstract : Background: Police are most at risk, and so are the residents due to the vulnerability in the slum community of WestPoint. Despite the efforts of the government to improve community living standards by encouraging the role of Community policing in crime prevention, there is instead an increase in the crime rate and insecurity in the neighborhoods. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mutual trust  -Community policing as a trust-building method in a Swedish police context

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Sara Hallman Jecic; [2020]
    Keywords : Community policing; police pledges; trust; Swedish police;

    Abstract : Community policing has been developed in the Anglo-American countries and implemented in the Swedish Police Authority during the last years. One of its main goals is to reach a proximity to citizens and thereby increase the level of trust. READ MORE

  6. 5. As a Community We Are Saying No to Gangs: Community Peacebuilding in South Africa

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Casper Falk Wollberg; [2020]
    Keywords : South Africa; webbing; community policing; community mobilisation;

    Abstract : Dan village in rural South Africa managed to eradicate organised crime by resiliently mobilising the community to patrol the area and collectively take a stance against violence. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study is to critically engage the empirical data consisting of interviews and secondary sources to explore the theories of webbing and community policing. READ MORE