BUILDING LOCAL CITIZEN ALLIANCES TO REDUCE CRIME AND CREATE A FAIRER AND MORE EFFECTIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 2551
• Journal: JOURNAL OF URBAN LAW Volume: 49 Dated: ISSUE 3 (FEBRUARY 1972) Pages: 443-483
• Author(s): H B NEWBERG
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 42 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT FROM JOURNAL OF URBAN LAW, VOLUME 49, ISSUE 3

Annotation

ARTICLE PROMOTING LOCAL CITIZEN GROUPS WORKING TO ASSIST SOCIAL CHANGE TOWARD JUSTICE.

Abstract

THE ARTICLE EXPLAINS CAUSES OF URBAN VIOLENCE, POLARIZATION, AND POLICE-CITIZEN HOSTILITY. IT DEVELOPS AN ARGUMENT TO IMPROVE POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND INVOLVE CITIZEN GROUPS IN REDUCING CRIME. THE ALTERNATIVES TO THIS APPROACH ARE DESCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AS BEING GRIM.