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Policing within Counter-Terrorism

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The previous chapter examined the relevance of the notion of community in relation to counter-terrorism. This chapter extends this analysis further by focusing upon community policing in the context of countering terrorism. Within the Prevent strand of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy, the police and local authorities have been viewed as taking the lead in any strategies aimed at preventing terrorism, working with wide-ranging bodies including representatives from the education sector, children’s and youth services, and the probation and prison services. Muslim communities are also being viewed as key partners (HM Government, 2006). The mainstreaming of the prevention of terrorism within policing is helping to blur distinctions between the role of the police and the security services (Lowe and Innes, 2008), with community policing being viewed as an important resource for counter-terrorism policing (Gregory, 2010). These developments raise many questions for both policing and the prevention of terrorism, some of which have been raised by Gregory (2010).

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Spalek, B. (2012). Policing within Counter-Terrorism. In: Spalek, B. (eds) Counter-Terrorism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137009524_3

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