An African-centered approach to community policing
An African-centered approach to community policing
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DOI：
10.1080/10911359.2016.1266856
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Smith, Chantel M.
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作者：
Bent-Goodley, Tricia;Smith, Chantel M.
在过去的三年里，黑人社区和执法部门之间的关系越来越受到媒体的关注。大部分的谈话都围绕着黑人男性和女性被警察杀害以及执法部门和黑人社区之间的负面关系。本文重点讨论如何非洲中心主义可以应用于社区警务作为解决这些问题的一种选择。虽然对社区警务已经作了很多说明，但没有讨论过以非洲为中心的经验和反应。通过从文化的角度集中讨论，非洲中心论可以用来框架内的黑人经验，而不是从欧洲中心的角度的反应。以非洲为中心的范例的原则被确定和讨论，适用于创建一个新设想的社区警务举措。还就社会工作者如何从以非洲为中心的角度与刑事司法系统互动提出了关于社会工作者作用的建议。
The relationship between the Black community and law enforcement has received increased attention in the media in the last 3 years. Much of the conversation has centered around Black males and females being killed by police officers and the negative relationship between law enforcement and Black communities. This article focuses on how Afrocentricity can be applied to community policing as an option to address these issues. While much has been stated about community policing, nothing has been discussed that grounds the experience and the response in an African-centered perspective. By centering the discussion from a cultural perspective, African-centered theory can be utilized to frame the response within the Black experience and not from a Eurocentric perspective. Principles of the African-centered paradigm are identified and discussed as applied to creating a newly envisioned community policing initiative. Recommendations for the role of social workers are also offered with regards to having social workers interface with the criminal justice system from an African-centered perspective.