In an era of renewed enthusiasm for police reform, it could be instructive to examine how reforms—even successful reforms—fail. In the 1990s and 2000s, Chicago’s community-policing initiative was widely recognized as one of the most impressive in the country. In short order, it then collapsed. Community policing’s accomplishments were numerous, but it fell victim to issues commonly facing reform: money—especially the impact of economic downturns; leadership turnover and policy preferences; changes in the social, political, and crime environments; and the emergence of new technologies for responding to community concerns.

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改革前景？芝加哥社区警务的崩溃

在一个对警察改革重新充满热情的时代，审视改革——即使是成功的改革——如何失败可能是有益的。在 1990 年代和 2000 年代，芝加哥的社区警务倡议被广泛认为是该国最令人印象深刻的倡议之一。很快，它就崩溃了。社区警务的成就很多，但它成为了改革普遍面临的问题的牺牲品：金钱——尤其是经济衰退的影响；领导层更替和政策偏好；社会、政治和犯罪环境的变化；以及响应社区关注的新技术的出现。