Community Policing

What aspects of community policing need to be changed in order to be more applicable in today’s world? What is the current and future state of the community policing era in America?

Based on current conditions, what do you foresee as the next era of policing? What approach must police agencies take in order to be successful in this era?

Compare and contrast the labelling and strain theory approaches to the problem of crime. Are they macro or micro in focus, consensual or conflictual? What do they regard as the sources of crime? What do they say we should do to help reduce crime in our society?  Which approach do you think is most accurate/important and why?

Compare and contrast Instrumental, Structural and Left Realist Marxist theoretical approaches to the problem of crime. Are they macro or micro in focus, consensual or conflictual? What do they regard as the sources of crime? What do they say we should do about the problem of crime?  Which approach do you think is most accurate/important and why?