Do police officers and residents have different perceptions of crime and cohesion in urban neighborhoods? In new research, Rachel E. Stein and Candace Griffith find resident observations of neighborhood measures are relatively consistent across three urban neighborhoods in a Midwestern city. Police perceptions of their relationship with residents and the close-knit structure of the community, however, are more positive in the primarily white neighborhood that has an active crime prevention program. The results suggest that what officers see on the “surface” of the neighborhood is driving overall perceptions, while underlying problems are secondary. Differences between resident and police perceptions can influence the success of crime prevention strategies employed in community policing.
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机译：警察和居民在城市社区对犯罪和凝聚力的看法是否不同？在新的研究中，瑞秋·斯坦因（Rachel E. Stein）和坎迪斯·格里菲斯（Candace Griffith）发现，居民对中西部城市三个地区的邻里措施的观察相对一致。但是，警察对他们与居民的关系以及社区的紧密联系结构的看法在主要是白人社区中有积极的预防犯罪计划，这种看法更为积极。结果表明，官员在社区“表面”上看到的东西推动了整体认知，而潜在的问题是次要的。居民和警察观念之间的差异会影响社区警务中采用的预防犯罪策略的成功。
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