Presenting the outcome of a major research initiative involving two dozen scholars around the world, this book offers rigorous evidence of the efficacy of community policing in reducing crime and increasing trust in a diversity of political contexts.

Part I. Crime, Insecurity, and Policing: 1. Introduction Graeme Blair, Fotini Christia and Jeremy M. Weinstein; 2. Crime, violence, and insecurity Graeme Blair, Fotini Christia and Jeremy M. Weinstein; 3. The policing challenge Graeme Blair, Ellen Chapin, Fotini Christia and Jeremy M. Weinstein; 4. Understanding community policing Graeme Blair, Fotini Christia, Andrew Miller and Jeremy M. Weinstein; 5. Studying community policing Graeme Blair, Fotini Christia and Jeremy M. Weinstein; Part II. The Effects of Community Policing: 6. Meta-analysis of the effects of community policing Graeme Blair, Fotini Christia, Fatiq Nadeem and Jeremy M. Weinstein; 7. Can trust be built through citizen monitoring of police activity? Evidence from Santa Catarina, Brazil Daniel Barbosa, Thiemo Fetzer, Caterina Soto and Pedro C. L. Souza; 8. Do police-community meetings work? Experimental evidence from Medellín, Colombia Rebecca Hanson, Dorothy Kronick, Tara Slough and Eric Arias; 9. Community policing, vigilantism, and the rule of law: Evidence from Liberia Benjamin S. Morse; 10. Community policing and citizen trust in Pakistan Ali Cheema, Ahsan Zia Farooqui, Ali Hasanain, Jacob N. Shapiro and Zulfiqar Hameed; 11. Community policing in the Philippines: Communication, trust, and service provision Dotan Haim, Matthew Nanes and Nico Ravanilla; 12. Restoring police-community relations in Uganda Robert A. Blair, Guy Grossman and Anna M. Wilke; Part III. Reflecting on Community Policing: 13. Understanding partnerships with the police Graeme Blair, Ellen Chapin, Fotini Christia and Jeremy M. Weinstein; 14. Conclusion Graeme Blair, Fotini Christia and Jeremy M. Weinstein; References.