Abstract
Involving faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the production of crime control has been seen as a way of increasing efficiency, promoting accountability and improving trust and confidence in policing. In this article, which draws on qualitative research, we consider how police officers understand the role of faith in policing, engage with faith communities and work with FBOs to mobilize crime prevention activities. We demonstrate that any effective co-production of crime control that involves faith communities and FBOs requires police officers to negotiate a number of complex and multifaceted issues. We argue that the co-production of crime control has symbolic, moral and technical qualities which all need to be successfully negotiated to achieve its aims.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 75-94 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | British Journal of Criminology |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 21 Oct 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Bibliographical note
© The Author 2016. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details.Keywords
- community
- faith
- faith-based organizations
- policing
- religion
