Evaluating Community Policing: Problems and Prospects

<p> Outlines alternative research strategies for evaluation of Community policing (CP). Briefly discusses the failure of policing as a formal mechanism of social control and traces the evolution of CP. Identifies features which provide a paradigm for CP. Gives lists of objectives to determine whether CP is being implemented and is successful. Compares methods of data collection. Examines two types of quasi&hyphen;experimental designs for evaluation: pre&hyphen;test/post&hyphen;test group or interrupted time&hyphen;series design. Proposes causal&hyphen;comparative research as an alternative to these designs.</p>