The National Peace Accord, signed by all major political parties in 1991, created various structures through which police accountability could be sought. In 1993, the Interim Constitution of South Africa Act 200 1993 formalized establishment Community Police Forum (CPF) at stations. SAPS 68 1995 made a formal provision for partnership between and community fulfilling needs regarding policing. C...

Almost 20 years ago, I authored an article in Crime and Delinquency, “Reintegrating the concept of community into community-based corrections” (Byrne, 1989), in which I argued that police and community corrections agencies were undergoing an unprecedented—and controversial— role reversal: Police departments were reinventing themselves as community problem solvers by incorporating the roles and ...

Police forces in England and Wales have faced ongoing difficulties of engagement with minority communities leading to a loss confidence trust policing. The paper reports on the results project improve relations Humberside Police, UK by implementing key ideas relating procedural justice that consider how fairness interactions between police others can promote perception legitimacy. An Action Lea...

The findings of our research show that while police play multiple roles in the fight against drug-related crime, they often perceived their tasks - especially preventing and controlling drug use on the one hand, and supporting harm reduction on the other - as contradictory, and this creates tensions in their work and relations with their communities. Although they are leaders and implementers o...

is an urban sociologist that teaches classes in Public Safety & Justice Management , Contemporary Urban Issues, and African-American Images in Film, and a research associate in the Criminology Research Center at Cleveland State. His research interests include issues affecting minorities and the urban poor, with a specific focus on race, crime, and the criminal justice system. His particular are...