Policing
the Valley:
A. Thomson
D. Clairmont
Lynda Clairmont
Atlantic Institute of Criminology
Atlantic Institute of Criminology
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction: Small
Town Policing and the Community-Based Policing Movement
Research
Approach
Genuine
and Spurious Cultures
The
Community-based Policing Movement
Community-based
and Small Town Policing: The Linkages
CBP
as a Strategic Function
PART I The
History of
Chapter 2. Valley Policing: The
Pre-Modern Era
P. McGahan and A. Thomson
Guardians”
of the Smaller Centers: Origins
Duties
and Conditions of Work
Offences
and Offenders
A
Provincial Police Force
Continued
Evolution
Chapter
3 The Transformation of Valley Policing
A. Thomson
Pre-Modern Policing
Unionization
Security of Employment
Demands for Professional
Policing
Training of Police
Officers
Chapter
4 Professionalization of Small Town Policing in the Valley
A. Thomson
Towards a
Police Act
The
1974-76 NS Police Act
Institutionalizing Modern
Policing
Valley Policing in the
1970s and 1980s: Out with the Old
Valley
Policing: The Challenges of Modernization
New
Brooms
PART II
Community-Based, Professional Policing in the Annapolis Valley
Chapter 5. Crime and Victimization
Research Studies
Crime Trends
Perceptions of Crime
Perceptions of Personal Victimization
Crime and Business
Chapter 6. Policing Styles: The
Small Town Era
The
Policing Scene: The
Structure
and Organization of
Chapter 7. The Functions of
Policing
Response
Enforcement
Prevention,
Referral, and Public Consultation
Crime
Solving
Women
in Policing
Gender
and Role Assignment
Chapter 8. The Police
Occupation
Recruitment
Training
Quality
of Work and Job Control
Transfers
and Promotions
Generalists
and Specialists
Chapter 9. Women in Small Town
and Rural Policing
Introduction
Minority
Policing in the Valley
Police
Women in the Valley
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Police-Community
Relations Rating Police-Community
Relations
Political
Control and Police Management
Unionization
RCMP-MPD
Relations
Chapter 11. Community Influentials in the Small Town Era
The
Select Sample: Users, Collaborators and Controllers
Working
Relationships
Expectations
about the Police
Law
Enforcement and Community Involvement
Number
of Police and Quality of Service
Expectations of the Crown
Attorney
Evaluating the Police
Role: Survey Comparisons
MPD/RCMP Comparisons
MPD/RCMP Comparisons: Social Distance
Community-based Policing
Accountability
Conclusion
Chapter 12. Officers’
Orientations
D. Clairmont, C. Griffiths,
and A. Thomson
Research
Studies
Police
Role in Society
Attitudes
about the Police Organization
Perceptions
of the Police Role
What
Police Work is Done
Stress
and Job Satisfaction
Comparison:
Discussion
PART III The
End of an Era?
Chapter 13. Regionalization and
Provincialization of Policing
The
Movement towards a Regional Police
MPD/RCMP
Turf Wars
Regionalization
under the RCMP
Chapter 14. Conclusion
Crime-Oriented,
Legalistic Policing and Professionalism
Deficiencies
of Legalistic Policing
Community
Policing
Regionalization
in the Valley