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Community policing

Crime and Policing Revisited

Date Published
September 2015
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview, Historical Overview
Agencies
NIJ

TECHBeat, Summer 2013

Date Published
July 2013
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

Community Policing Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism

February 2013

February 2013
Interview with David Schanzer, J.D., Associate Professor, Duke University and Director, Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security

Mr. Schanzer discusses his study of community policing strategies for countering violent extremism. Schanzer points out that there is a wide variety of terrorist ideologies from religious, to environmental, to economic. He is hoping to discover if particular community policing strategies are more effective in countering certain types of terrorism and building resilience against extremism.