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Communities as Neighborhood Guardians: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Community Policing in Nairobi's Suburbs

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Author	Mburu, Lucy Helbich, Marco
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The efficacy of citizens to participate in neighborhood-watch activities and report signs of trouble is important for safeguarding communities against crime. Community policing is a key policing strategy for utilizing the capability of residents to solve local crime-related problems. However, variability in social cohesion among communities profoundly affects the contribution of individuals towards policing. After 7 years of a community policing intervention in suburban Nairobi, Kenya, this study assesses the program as a state-initiated and community-sustained security venture. We compare micro-scaled concentrations of different property and violent crimes to identify geographic variations over time using kernel density estimates and spatio-temporal scan statistics. Multi-level regression models assess the direct and conditioned perceptions of individuals and their neighbors, and how these perceptions influenced crime variation during the pre- and post-intervention periods of community policing. Both the density estimates and the scan statistics pinpoint a disproportionate crime reduction across neighborhoods. The research findings also depict an interaction between the communal willingness to participate in neighborhood-watch activities and the relative crime decline. In particular, those communities that have good relations with the police are more inclined to involve themselves in community policing. The findings of this study are discussed in terms of their implications for policy.
Starting Page	189
Ending Page	210
Page Count	22
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1874463X
Journal	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18744621
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-12-14
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Community policing Kernel density estimation Space-time scan statistic Multi-level regression Nairobi (Kenya) Human Geography Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Regional/Spatial Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development

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