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On the Post-modernity Characteristics of the Western Police Reform

HU Jiangang   

  1. (Nanjing Forest Police College,Nanjing 210023,China)
  • Online:2017-11-01 Published:2017-10-30

Abstract: The post-modernity of the western police reform is characterized by pluralism,openness,deconstructionism,socialization,etc.The concept of community policing is recovered with the development of post-modern society,and its advantage is to activate the collective responsibility to protect the community,enhance the neighborhood interaction and eliminate the gap between police and the community.Meanwhile,the core concept of new public management also affects the patterns of police reform.Government organizations pursue miniaturization and flexibility,strengthening the integration of power and responsibility at grass-roots levels by decentralizing decision-making power and financial power;social market methods are introduced into law enforcement agencies so as to improve police efficiency;margin functions of the police are gradually divested and shared by social or others organizations.All these mean that the police power,previously monopolized by the government,begins to be shared by the society.

Key words: western, police reform, post-modernity

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