Michael Jenkins

Articles by: Michael Jenkins

Combating community disorder: The inseparability of the police and the public

5th March 2021

Dr Michael Jenkins, Associate Professor, University of Scranton

OPINION: Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Dr Michael Jenkins, Associate Professor at the University of Scranton, argues that a return to policing’s traditional roots will curb disorder and, in turn, build stronger, healthier police-public relations with a shared vision for communities.

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Dr Michael Jenkins is chair of the Sociology, Criminal Justice and Criminology Department at the University of Scranton. He is also the founding executive director of the University's Center for the Analysis and Prevention of Crime (CAPoC). He recently served as the Director of Academics on the creation of a Bachelor of Security Sciences program for a foreign ministry of interior. Dr Jenkins earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, under the mentorship of famed ‘broken windows’ theorist George Kelling. In 2017, he served as a Fulbright Scholar with the London Metropolitan Police. Dr Jenkins’ primary area of interest is how police and citizens negotiate relationships to respond in creative ways to signs of physical and social disorder (commonly referred to as broken windows policing). His first book examined how police used the broken windows tactic within a larger community problem-solving strategy. His latest book on international and transnational policing describes the structures and processes for policing across national boundaries.