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SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE COMMUNITY

01 January 1991

SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE COMMUNITY
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 009612 , Acc Date = 01-Oct-86
N Fielding , University of Surrey Department of Sociology Howard
J, Aug 1986 25(3) pp172-189

The increasing interest in the idea of community involvement in
social control is examined in the context of policing and
probation counselling. Contrasts the organisation of policing in
Britain with that in other societies holding different views on
the role of the community in maintaining adherence to the law and
social norms. Looks particularly at Oriental societies where
police and community responsibilities for social control are
closely integrated and where, unlike the West, there is little
distinction between law and morality. Argues that even in the
West people are capable of exercising informal control over many
sorts of behaviour but that there are problems in promoting
integration with the police given the latter's historical
separation from mainstream society as an agency of law
enforcement. Concludes with ideas on how to develop a closer
relationship between the police and community so that both work
together to promote social control. 46 references .

United Kingdom, community relations

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