Police services across the country have undertaken major organizational reforms, significantly altering the structure and delivery of policing services. As a result, new strategies and programs have been designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of police services. The goal of the text’s authors is to provide a comprehensive overview of the key materials, issues, and challenges faced by Canadian police services and communities as they attempt to develop partnerships to respond effectively to and prevent crime and social disorder.
This text provides a comprehensive discussion of crime prevention theories, strategies, and tactics. Numerous examples throughout the book illustrate effective and innovative strategies that foster community mobilization, engagement, and support of police services.

Unit One: Policing in Canada
Chapter 1: Evolution of Canadian Policing
Chapter 2: Overview of Canadian Policing

Unit Two: Understanding Community Policing
Chapter 3: What Is Community Policing?

Unit Three: Crime Prevention and Crime Response Within a Community Policing Framework
Chapter 4: Responding to and Preventing Crime Within a Community Policing Framework
Chapter 5: Problem-Oriented Policing

Unit Four: The Key Players in Community Policing
Chapter 6: The Community Policing Police Service
Chapter 7: Implementing Community Policing
Chapter 8: The Community Police Officer
Chapter 9: Restorative Justice Within a Community Policing Framework
Chapter 10: The Community and Community Policing

Police services across the country have undertaken major organizational reforms, significantly altering the structure and delivery of policing services. As a result, new strategies and programs have been designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of police services. The goal of the text’s authors is to provide a comprehensive overview of the key materials, issues, and challenges faced by Canadian police services and communities as they attempt to develop partnerships to respond effectively to and prevent crime and social disorder. This text provides a comprehensive discussion of crime prevention theories, strategies, and tactics. Numerous examples throughout the book illustrate effective and innovative strategies that foster community mobilization, engagement, and support of police services. Boxes have been re-labelled: In Your Community, A Closer Look, Critical Perspective Updated to reflect current issues in community policing, e.g.: Aboriginals and police, cybercrime, Indigenous Justice Program, street checks/carding, and social media Situations and Strategies feature combines the most up-to-date materials on community policing with case studies and practical exercises that will provide students with the opportunity to apply the concepts they have learned. Coverage of a number of contemporary issues in community policing across all of Canada.