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The Center on Police Practices and Community (COPPAC), of the Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research (ISBER), at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations amongst academics from UCSB and other institutions worldwide, law enforcement, and the community to enhance knowledge and theory on Police -- Community issues. Through this work, COPPAC empowers the community, policy makers and law enforcement to develop laws, policies and practices based solidly in research.

  • COPPAC brings members of law enforcement and the community to scholars so that academic research can be more relevant to the needs of law enforcement and the communities it serves.
  • COPPAC shares its expertise and research findings with law enforcement and the community to empower each to develop research based improvements in addressing issues of concern.
  • COPPAC joins together a multidisciplinary group of academics from UCSB and around the globe who share a common interest in issues relating to law enforcement and community.
  • COPPAC introduces police and community representatives into the UCSB classroom to bring course concepts and theories to life and into police training classrooms to make research applicable to real life situations.
  • COPPAC develops courses for the local and campus communities and training for law enforcement on police – community issues.
  • COPPAC facilitates research by collaborating with law enforcement and the community, always maintaining its academic integrity through the independence of its work.

There are 6 publications in this collection, published between 2004 and 2006.

Dailey, René M.; Reid, Scott A.; Anderson, Michelle Chernikoff; Giles, Howard: Community Review of Police Conduct: An Intergroup Perspective, 2006

Giles, Howard; Willemyns, Michael; Gallois, Cynthia; Anderson, Michelle Chernikoff: Accommodating a New Frontier: The Context of Law Enforcement, 2006

Giles, Howard; Hajek, Christopher; Barker, Valerie; Chen, Mei-Lin; Zhang, Yan Bing; Hummert, Mary Lee et al.: Accommodation and Institutional Talk: Communicative Dimensions of Police-Civilian Interactions, 2006

Hajek, Christopher; Barker, Valerie; Giles, Howard; Makoni, Sinfree; Pecchioni, Loretta; Louw-Potgieter, Joha et al.: Communicative Dynamics of Police-Civilian Encounters: American and African Interethnic Data, 2006

Giles, Howard; Fortman, Jennifer; Dailey, René; Barker, Valerie; Hajek, Christopher; Anderson, Michelle Chernikoff et al.: Communication Accommodation: Law Enforcement and the Public, 2005

Giles, Howard; Zwang-Weissman, Yardena; Hajek, Christorpher: Patronizing and Policing Elderly People, 2004

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