Community Policing As a Prevention of Street Crime in Kuala Lumpur

Mohd Radzi Bin Abdul Rahman,Ahmad Zainal Abidin Bin Abd Razak

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v11-i7/10521

Mohd Radzi Bin Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Zainal Abidin Bin Abd Razak

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https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v11-i7/10521

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Abstract

Community policing has been introduced by PDRM since 2012 which brings the police closer to the community or in other words 'public involvement'. In Malaysia, based on community policing, the community needs a police organization. The concept of community police crime prevention has long been specially developed for street crime prevention in Kuala Lumpur. This study was conducted to explore the effectiveness of community policing distance in Kuala Lumpur in the effort to prevent street crime in the occurrence of index crime cases. Findings from this study to further increase the effectiveness of this police distance in addition to appropriate joint ventures carried out between communities at various levels with the police in the fight against street crime.

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Crime has an impact in the social, economic, health, and psychological contexts of victims and society in general
Becker stated that the police would not be successful in solving or preventing crime without the help of the community
Four states including Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Selangor and Penang are the states that recorded a high number of street crime cases which accounted for about 70% of street crime statistics reported annually

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Introduction

Crime has an impact in the social, economic, health, and psychological contexts of victims and society in general. It is a serious social problem that directly reduces the quality of life of individuals and society (Moffitt, 2017). To overcome this problem, a police department was set up in the care and safety of the public. A police department was set up in the care and safety of the public In support of this idea, (Silver, 2017) states, "the main function of the police is to prevent crime and arrest criminals". Becker stated that the police would not be successful in solving or preventing crime without the help of the community. In response to this development, the concept of community-oriented policing was introduced (Becker, 2017)

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