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Community Policing (CP) is embedded in the daily life of European citizens; e.g., when police officers aim to solve local problems to improve the quality of life and ensure a favourable state of security in the community. However, there are still debates about the difference between ‘traditional’ policing and community policing.

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Bayerl, P.S., Akhgar, B., Karlović, R., Markarian, G. (2017). Introduction. In: Bayerl, P., Karlović, R., Akhgar, B., Markarian, G. (eds) Community Policing - A European Perspective. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53396-4_1

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