%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®All of that¡¯s gone now¡¯:  The failure to sustain police
%A Allyson Nelson
%A Elena Broaddus
%A Gia Rivera
%A Madeleine Beebe
%A Peter Winch
%A Rachel Turkel
%A Shristi Pandey
%A Stephanie V Caldas
%A Yumeng Wu
%J The Police Journal
%@ 1740-5599
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0032258X17694373
%X Extra-curricular programmes that unite police officers and youth (hereafter: ¡®police-youth programmes¡¯) have long been recommended to ameliorate the often-strained relationship between these groups. Baltimore¡¯s history of police-youth programming includes initiating and discontinuing a variety of programmes. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews and focus group discussions among diverse stakeholders to identify barriers to sustaining police-youth programmes. Stakeholders described lack of political will, conflicting policing philosophies, and negative police-community dynamics. Participants were optimistic about the potential impact of quality programming, despite these barriers. Police-youth programmes have the capacity to improve police-youth relationships in Baltimore. Strategies to ensure sustainability and increase impact are discussed
%K Police
%K youth
%K Baltimore City
%K police-youth programmes
%K attitudes toward police
%K system justification theory
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032258X17694373