TY - JOUR
T1 - From the persuasion of theory to the certainty of law
T2 - A multi-jurisdictional analysis of the law of community policing in Europe
AU - Al-Sharieh, Saleh
AU - Bonnici, Jeanne Mifsud
N1 - Funding Information:
The research for this article received funding from HORIZON 2020 Programme: Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens. G. A. Number: 653811.
Publisher Copyright:
© AL-SHARIEH and Bonnici, 2018
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper analyses the legal bases of community policing under European Union (eu) law and the national laws of England, France, Germany, Italy, Romania and Portugal. Community policing arguably helps the police achieve efficient policing while respecting the requirements of the rule of law, a founding value of the eu, and can be a form of co-operation between the eu Member States under the eu legal framework for crime prevention. Moreover, the law in the selected jurisdictions supports four elements of the community policing model: (1) the public-police partnership in establishing policing strategies and priorities; (2) the public-police partnership for crime prevention and detection; (3) proactive and preventive policing; and (4) the police as providers of high quality services tailored to improve people's quality of life. These elements are interrelated and interdependent: their holistic legal articulation is necessary for their effective existence.
AB - This paper analyses the legal bases of community policing under European Union (eu) law and the national laws of England, France, Germany, Italy, Romania and Portugal. Community policing arguably helps the police achieve efficient policing while respecting the requirements of the rule of law, a founding value of the eu, and can be a form of co-operation between the eu Member States under the eu legal framework for crime prevention. Moreover, the law in the selected jurisdictions supports four elements of the community policing model: (1) the public-police partnership in establishing policing strategies and priorities; (2) the public-police partnership for crime prevention and detection; (3) proactive and preventive policing; and (4) the police as providers of high quality services tailored to improve people's quality of life. These elements are interrelated and interdependent: their holistic legal articulation is necessary for their effective existence.
KW - Community policing
KW - Criminal justice
KW - Freedoms
KW - Legality
KW - Multi-jurisdictional analysis
KW - Rights
KW - Rule of law
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U2 - 10.1163/22134514-00502005
DO - 10.1163/22134514-00502005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056561493
SN - 2213-4506
VL - 5
SP - 179
EP - 202
JO - European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance
JF - European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance
IS - 2
ER -