Subject category:
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Published by:
Harvard Kennedy School
Length: 15 pages
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Abstract
This case about community responses to the drug problem examines a variation on police-community relations in which the police attempt to create a new community institution as a way of obtaining support. By providing technical support to fledgling community groups, the police hope to enlist the eyes and ears of concerned citizens in efforts to identify and arrest drug dealers. In the very poor Boston neighborhood portrayed, organizing such a group proves difficult, and results are ambiguous. The case allows for discussion of the reasons for government to enlist community aid and the difficulties inherent in doing so, particularly in very poor neighborhoods.
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Abstract
This case about community responses to the drug problem examines a variation on police-community relations in which the police attempt to create a new community institution as a way of obtaining support. By providing technical support to fledgling community groups, the police hope to enlist the eyes and ears of concerned citizens in efforts to identify and arrest drug dealers. In the very poor Boston neighborhood portrayed, organizing such a group proves difficult, and results are ambiguous. The case allows for discussion of the reasons for government to enlist community aid and the difficulties inherent in doing so, particularly in very poor neighborhoods.