In the wake of the police-community relations movement and team policing, community policing has become a new way of policing since the 1980's. Since its inception, much has been written on community policing. This collection of reprinted articles provides a historical framework for community policing and a background on how the movement began. The collection is divided into six chapters consisting of 21 articles on community policing. In Chapter one, the articles form the basis for the community policing movement reflecting its philosophical roots and providing a historical perspective. Chapter two offers selected articles articulating the philosophical underpinnings of community policing. In Chapter three, articles review the systemic approach of community policing with a focus on three components: strategic-oriented policing, neighborhood-oriented policing, and problem-oriented policing. Chapter four attempts to deal with the systemic changes under community policing through a review of its organization and management, such as values in policing, police resources, program implementation, and police accountability. Chapter five addresses the various actors involved in the community-policing concept. The final chapter contains two classical articles raising issues with the many assumptions underlying the concept of community policing and the use and misuse of history in police patrol analysis.