The introduction to the text defines community policing, while the second chapter provides a brief history of modern policing from its British roots, its introduction to the United States at the start of the 20th century, and its development through the 1930's into the professional model with which most recent students of policing are familiar. Other chapters examine the idea of community, the three eras of policing in the United States (political, professional, and community), police organizational change, and the extent to which police departments have moved toward re-inventing themselves as community policing departments. Additional chapters consider successful community policing approaches; ways in which police departments can change recruitment, selection, and training procedures in the context of community policing; motivation and management strategies that facilitate the implementation of community policing; the effectiveness of community policing; and the long-term success and future of community policing in the United States. The text includes commentaries from police officers, deputy sheriffs, police chiefs and other practitioners and from police scholars. Endnotes, tables, figures, and photographs