Abstract

GOLDIN, Déborah. The Creation of the Neighborhood Police in Córdoba, Argentina. A Dispute over the Police Ideal?. CS [online]. 2020, n.31, pp.243-268. ISSN 2011-0324.  https://doi.org/10.18046/recs.i31.3711.

This article analyses the implications of the Neighborhood Police Program incorporation in the identification processes of the Córdoba Police Department’s lower ranks in Argentina (2016-2017). Thus, the paper analyzes the ways in which the incorporation of this new unit enables landslides regarding the traditional police ideal. Considering the Police force as a key agency in the implementation of new crime prevention policies, this study considers the importance of analyzing the effects of government initiatives on the members of the institution as a starting point. It is a qualitative research based on the analysis of secondary sources and exploratory, semistructured interviews to police officers in operative areas. Here, the main characteristics of this program and the changes in the labor conditions for those that began to be part of this unit are described. Furthermore, the ways of police intervention legitimated and the desirable aptitudes for a policeman are also problematized.

Keywords : Neighborhood Police; Police Ideal; Proximity Policing; Labor Conditions.

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