TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Role of ICT in community-oriented policing in South Asia: challenges and opportunities
JO  - Journal of human security
A1  - Maqsood, Tahir
A1  - Madani, Sajjad A.
A1  - Nawab, Bahadar
A1  - Ullah, Shakir
A1  - Nyborg, Ingrid
SP  - 15020021
EP  - 15020021
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
N2  - Community-oriented policing (COP) as a model has found widespread acceptance throughout the world both in developed and developing countries. Similarly, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been embraced by many developed countries to augment COP initiatives. However, very little is known about the application of ICTs in COP in developing countries, particularly South Asia. In this article, we review the current ICT-based COP initiatives by focusing on some of the selected projects from developed countries and South Asia. The paper has used COP in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan as a case. While meaningful insights can be derived through learning from the experiences of developed countries, we highlight some major issues and challenges that are likely to be faced while implementing ICT based COP in South Asia. Moreover, we provide an overview of some exciting opportunities that arise as a result of embracing ICTs to enhance COP efforts for building trusting community-police relations and hence improving human security in the region.     Keywords: Community-oriented policing; Information and Communication Technologies; South Asia<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1835-3800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12924/johs2019.15020021
ID  - ref1
ER  -