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Community Policing Evaluation from the Community Cohesion Perspective: The Case of Croatia

The paper explores the level of community policing implementation in relation to community cohesion in urban and rural communities in Croatia. A random sample of 1030 inhabitants from rural and urban Croatian areas are used for evaluation of the quality of contact with police, public perceptions of crime and disorder, personal fear of victimization and community cohesion. Given results reveal the relation between the key community policing components (the quality of contact with police, public perceptions of crime and disorder, personal fear of victimization) and community cohesion. The findings show that the level of perceived community cohesion increases, the quality of contacts with the police and the perception of crime and the disorder also increases and the fear of victimization is being reduced.

community cohesion ; community policing evaluation ; Croatia

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