Volume 12, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 13–21
Jasper Edward Nyaura1 and Margaret Njeri Ngugi2
1 Department of Peace Security and Social Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536 (20115), Njoro, Nakuru County, Kenya
2 Department of Peace Security and Social Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536 (20115), Njoro, Nakuru County, Kenya
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Community policing is an integral component in ensuring that there is no insecurity incidence in the community. Accordingly, the Kenyan government introduced the concept of community policing which became effective in the Kibaki regime. It was seen as the interaction of the police and the community members, thus with the view of ensuring that they are safe from criminal activities especially from the vigilante groups. Community policing has been seen as an effort to prevent crime and at the same time ensure communal participation towards stamping out crime at communal level. This paper is a critical review of the various attempts to identify the concept of community policing, more specifically, identifying the benefits and challenges of Kenyan community policing system. This paper recommends that concerned stakeholders should devise ways of ensuring that policies on community policing reflect the needs and aspirations of all the citizens in all regions in the country. This can be done by ensuring that the Kenya government or successive regimes; and all sectors are committed towards community policing efforts. Critically, this will emphasize on the ability to address community policing strategies through public participation forums.
Author Keywords: Kenya Police, Community Participation, Security, Collaborative efforts.
Jasper Edward Nyaura1 and Margaret Njeri Ngugi2
1 Department of Peace Security and Social Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536 (20115), Njoro, Nakuru County, Kenya
2 Department of Peace Security and Social Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536 (20115), Njoro, Nakuru County, Kenya
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Community policing is an integral component in ensuring that there is no insecurity incidence in the community. Accordingly, the Kenyan government introduced the concept of community policing which became effective in the Kibaki regime. It was seen as the interaction of the police and the community members, thus with the view of ensuring that they are safe from criminal activities especially from the vigilante groups. Community policing has been seen as an effort to prevent crime and at the same time ensure communal participation towards stamping out crime at communal level. This paper is a critical review of the various attempts to identify the concept of community policing, more specifically, identifying the benefits and challenges of Kenyan community policing system. This paper recommends that concerned stakeholders should devise ways of ensuring that policies on community policing reflect the needs and aspirations of all the citizens in all regions in the country. This can be done by ensuring that the Kenya government or successive regimes; and all sectors are committed towards community policing efforts. Critically, this will emphasize on the ability to address community policing strategies through public participation forums.
Author Keywords: Kenya Police, Community Participation, Security, Collaborative efforts.
How to Cite this Article
Jasper Edward Nyaura and Margaret Njeri Ngugi, “The Benefits and Challenges Emanating from Community Policing in Kenya: A Criminological Perspective,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 13–21, November 2014.
