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Legal Studies

Selected Works

Community policing

1998

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Organizational Commitment To Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl, Devere Woods Dec 1997

Organizational Commitment To Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl, Devere Woods

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

No abstract provided.


The Function Of The Media In Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl Dec 1997

The Function Of The Media In Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

While media were identified by Robert Trojanowicz as one of the "Big Six" necessary for successful implementation and maintenance of community policing initiatives, the exact function of the media in community policing has been unexplored and untested. The purpose of this research was to examine the nature of media's function, per se, and to identify the news production processes and police-media relationships (micro and macro-levels) inherent in the media's involvement in community policing. Given the paucity of research related to the function of media in community policing, the interdisciplinary nature attached to examining law enforcement and media organizations, and the …


Exploring The Function Of The Media In Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl Dec 1997

Exploring The Function Of The Media In Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Identified by the late, Robert Trojanowicz, as one of the 'Big Six' necessary for successful implementation and maintenance of community policing initiatives, the exact function of the media in community policing remains largely unexplored and untested. While authors of case studies have sometimes examined the degree of favorability with which community officers were portrayed in various media, none have examined media function, per se. The task of this exploratory piece istwo-fold. First, general and community policing literature are reviewed in order to identify how its champions have historically viewed the media's role in the community policing movement. The function of …