title: Aligning policing and public health promotion: Insights from the world of foot patrol.
abstract: Foot patrol work is rarely described in relation to public health, even though police routinely encounter health risk behaviors and environments. Through a qualitative study of foot patrol policing in violent 'hotspots' of Philadelphia, we explore some prospects and challenges associated with bridging security and public health considerations in law enforcement. Noting existing efforts to help advance police officer knowledge of, and attitudes toward health vulnerabilities, we incorporate perspectives from environmental criminology to help advance this bridging agenda. Extending the notion ofcapable guardianshipto understand foot patrol work, we suggest that the way forward for theory, policy and practice is not solely to rely on changing officer culture and behavior, but rather to advance a wider agenda for enhancing collective guardianship, and especially 'place management' for harm reduction in the city.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Security and Crime Science, Temple University, 1115 Polett Walk, 512 Gladfelter Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Avenue, 351 Olney Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA, 215-951-1105, taylorc@lasalle.edu.
authors.forename: Caitlin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Security and Crime Science, Temple University, 1115 Polett Walk, 512 Gladfelter Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Groff
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Security and Crime Science, Temple University, 1115 Polett Walk, 512 Gladfelter Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
authors.forename: Jerry H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ratcliffe
keywords: Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment; environmental criminology; place management; public health law research; qualitative research