Why Trust Matters With Juveniles

摘要

Legitimacy-based policing is valuable because it facilitates the achievement of a broader set of community goals. The climate of security that is created in a community forms a framework which shapes the ability of that community to develop socially, politically, and economically. Whether people will work, live, shop, and participate in a community is influenced by whether they feel reassured by the police. In addition to the rate and type of crime, it also involves the way the police are understood by the community. Are they a police force or a police service? Do they treat citizens fairly and with respect, or are they to be avoided and feared? If people have problems, do they go to the police, or do they avoid them? A police service model encourages the police to create a climate of reassurance, one that builds the community. Fear of crime undermined communities in an earlier era; but today, the police can help build communities by projecting safety and reassurance.