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Contemporary Issues in Israeli Policing

Wed, Nov 15, 11:00am to 12:20pm, Marriott, Franklin 8, 4th Floor

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

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The advantages of the Israeli context for studying the police have been well recognized. On the one hand, there is much similarity between policing in Israel and in other Western democracies: Israeli police are constrained by regulation and required by law to provide equal treatment to all citizens; the Israel National Police (INP) has been strongly influenced by international trends in policing, such as community policing, problem oriented policing and Compstat; officers' daily routine is similar to that of their counterparts in the US or Europe; and like police in other democracies, they must justify and explain their actions to the larger public. On the other hand, unique features of the Israeli context, such as ongoing security threats and tension between the Jewish majority and Arab minority, allow researchers to test questions that would have been difficult to examine elsewhere. In this panel we present three studies on contemporary issues in Israeli policing research: the effectiveness of the new reform set forth by the Commissioner in reducing crime and improving public trust; the views of station commanders on the challenge of policing the Arab minority; and the factors that affect police officers' willingness to treat citizens with procedural justice.

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