According to social science studies, when a group of people feels that they are unfairly targeted, they develop negative attitudes towards a common course that is being popularized. It instills fear and not collaboration, hence the need for law enforcement to work in partnership with the community. The practices that the BW theory uses, such as imposing fines for minor offenses only burden an impoverished community (McKee & Lewis, 2016). What happens later is the fracture of the relationship between the police and the community …show more content…
There is no way residents can leak information to a police force that they do not trust concerning the members of a gang and their illegal activities. Crime reports reveal some cops are secret members of the gangs hence they protect their illegal acts. It becomes tough for residents to share for fear of victimizations. If only the police could partner with the locals and assure them of witness protection, then they will reveal more than they anticipated about the under dealings of the criminals. Through CP, there is trust established not only with the individual members of the community, but also other government agencies and neighborhood groups (Koch, 2012). The BW tactic is more of police-centered than people-centered. That discredits it from the public popularity since the police are preoccupied with witch-hunting for lesser crimes than striving on how to unearth the root causes of more serious