The broken windows theory and community policing and how they relate to each other.

Community Policing and the Broken Windows Theory The idea of community based policing and the broken windows theory go hand in hand in this new era of policing. Robert C. Trojanowicz, an early visionary who helped define the community policing movement, described community policing as "... a philosophy of full-service, personalized policing where the same officer patrols and works in the same area on a permanent basis, from a decentralized place, working in a proactive partnership …

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