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Gender Responsive Community Based Policing

Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

State Minister Women and Children Affairs

Bangladesh

Gender Responsive Community Based Policing

• Community Based Policing is an approach where the communities and police work together to solve problems to reduce crime.

• The emphasis is on prevention of crime, before it happens.

• It approaches crime by considering the victim, the criminal and the place.

Victim

Criminal

Place

Problem Oriented Policing

Two Basic Elements ….

•Community/police partnership (Trust Building)

•Problem solving. (Identifying intervention areas before crimes are committed)

Community and women accept women’s problems as

community problems

Community Based Policing creates a space to

discuss women’s issues and problems

Future role of women in contribution to decision making recognized

Lo

cal level

Police support CBP Strategy and allocate resources

Infection model creates demand

through successful crime reduction

Citizen’s faith in the possibility of reform is increased

Natio

nal level

Community Police

Migration from Traditional Policing

Area for MistrustCommunity Policing Forums

Women’s Ministry for community

Bangladesh Police for Police

Expected Impact• Less Crime in communities• Less fear of crime in communities• Safer communities for women• Improved police public relations • Police are respected more• Police receive better information from

communities• Communities recognise women’s

problems

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