Crime Prevention and Community Safety

, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp 69–77 | Cite as

A letter from Bangladesh – Developing gender-responsive community policing in Bangladesh

  • Maggy Lee
  • Syed Jahangeer Haider
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Abstract

This article reports on the development of a multi-agency partnership project to introduce gender-responsive community policing in Bangladesh. It considers the nature of crime prevention and community-policing forum initiatives in four pilot sites and examines some of the difficulties encountered and progress made in promoting police responsiveness and the safety of women and other vulnerable groups in Bangladesh society.

Keywords

community policing crime prevention Bangladesh 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Maggy Lee
    • 1
    • 2
  • Syed Jahangeer Haider
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of SociologyThe University of Hong KongHong Kong
  2. 2.Department of SociologyEssex UniversityUK
  3. 3.Research Evaluation Associates for Development Ltd. (READ)Bangladesh

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