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community policing  

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  • Community policing “reforms” have sought to provide the police with greater public acceptance and political grounding. These reforms were created over time and came together in the 1990s under the umbrella of “community policing” (which is also called community-oriented policing). [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Community Policing]

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