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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nProject: research questions and objectives<\/h5>\nPluralisation of local urban security production<\/h3>\n
The junior research group Pluralisation of local urban security production – interdisciplinary analysis for a context adequate, legitimate, efficient and effective plural policing (PluS-i)<\/b> at the Institute of Political Science, University of M\u00fcnster (WWU), studies the heterogenous development of local security production. By interdisciplinary and multi-perspective research, the research group focuses on plural policing in urban areas in Germany. Plural policing is defined as a publicly perceived form of security production and maintenance by state and local authorities, private security, individuals, organisations and local initiatives. In order to contribute to security in the long run, it is assumed, that plural policing shall be context adequate<\/b>, legitimate<\/b>, efficient<\/b> and effective<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The junior research group PluS-i is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the context of the call “Promotion of young researchers by establishing interdisciplinary competences” in the programme “research for civil security 2012 – 2017” (www.sifo.de<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Plural policing differs locally and is reflected by different stakeholder constellations, structures, practices and processes. To understand the differences of plural policing, five case studies in different urban areas in Germany will be conducted. By sociological, political- and social-scientifical analysis different models of plural policing and their developments shall be identified.<\/p>\n <\/i> learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n On the one hand, PluS-i aims to contribute to the scientific discourse on plural policing. The research group creates new insights by identifying models of plural policing, focussing on a relative rating of these models regarding the aspects of context adequacy, legitimacy, efficiency and effectiveness, and also considering developments in these particular policing models.<\/p>\n <\/i> learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Following an interdisciplinary and multi-perspective approach, PluS-i researches to which extent different models of plural policing correspond to the assumed demands of context adequacy, legitimacy, efficiency and effectiveness. Furthermore, PluS-i also investigates potential impacts on these demands by considering developments in policing.<\/p>\n <\/i> learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n On the other side, PluS-i aims to transfer the academic findings to the practice by developing a concept of knowledge transfer together with end users and practitioners coming from politics, administration, economy, as well as society. This participatory procedure shall help to avoid potential reservations between practice and science.<\/p>\nIdentification of plural policing models<\/h4>\n
Developments and impacts of plural policing<\/h4>\n
Multi-perspective comparison of different models and developments in plural policing<\/h4>\n
Providing practical information for a future design of plural policing<\/h4>\n