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Community Policing And Civic Journalism: Same Wine, Different Bottles?, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
Community Policing And Civic Journalism: Same Wine, Different Bottles?, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
Community policing and civic journalism are strikingly similar, current movements within the social organizations of law enforcement and mass media. Defining civic journalism, best thought of as "community-focused journalism," has been problematic for the field of mass media but shapes the starting point for discussion. Identifying, analyzing, and contrasting commonalities within these two movements are the topics explored within this work. While the precepts of each movement are shaped by the respective organization, the inherent processes and goals remain notably similar. What are the comparative connections that shape community empowerment? How does each organization partner with its shared "community client" …
Conceptualizing The Ethical Aspects Of Community Policing's Inception And Practice, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl, Gorazd Meško
Conceptualizing The Ethical Aspects Of Community Policing's Inception And Practice, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl, Gorazd Meško
Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
The rationale for this conceptual work is to examine the ethical aspects of community policing's inception and practice, as evidenced in America. Historical patterns of ethical issues and reform responses to ethical breaches in conduct are informative for newly democratic I. countries in the midst of transitional models of law enforcement. Much can be learned from the rich history of American policing. The history of modern policing in America commenced with what Kelling and Moore (1988) term the "Political Era" in the late 1800s. Spanning several decades into the early 19005, the Political Era was marked by broad provision of …