Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community participation in crime control, this book e

Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community participation in crime control, this book e

Reveals the reasons why community policing rarely, if ever, works. Drawing on data he collected in diverse Seattle neighborhoods from interviews with residents,

Crime Control As Industry, translated into many languages, is a modern classic of criminology and sociology. Nils Christie, one of the leading criminologists of