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