Partnerships in Policing - 9781009471985

Partnerships in PolicingHow Third Parties Help Police to Reduce Crime and Disorder\nAuthor(s): Lorraine Mazerolle, Kevin Petersen, Michelle Sydes, Janet Ransley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009471985, 978-1009471985\nSynopsis\nPartnerships in policing are used worldwide to reduce crime and disorder problems. Police forge partnerships with businesses, government agencies, and communities to co-produce public safety. Third-party policing (TPP) is a particular type of partnership that involves the police addressing crime and disorder by working through (and with) third-party partners. This Element focuses on the nature and effectiveness of TPP partnerships. Using systematic review and meta-analytic techniques, it shows that TPP interventions are effective in efforts to reduce crime and disorder, without displacement of these problems. Cooperative partnerships are associated with considerably .