Assignment 4C - Possible Further Research

To further build on my knowledge of how community relationships affect different aspects of crime, I could look at other studies that conduct similar studies and compare findings to see if they are consistent, perhaps studies conducted in other demographic areas or with different racial groups to broaden my knowledge on how these can affect results. Perhaps I could even look at a few of the studies mentioned within the two studies I looked at to give me a better understanding of the background information. As I also mentioned previously in another assignment the website www.mypolice.com is a very interesting idea that has been created relatively recently which is a website which aims to collect people’s opinions and stories about encounters with crime or police. I think this is a very good idea as I have learned from the studies that I looked at that public opinion and support in relation to reducing crime is very important and if a better knowledge of what people want or need from the police is gained, we can possibly figure out ways to better manage police in communities to reduce criminal activity within neighbourhoods.