Yumin R. Wang completed his doctorate degree
at the School of Criminal Justice, SUNY at
Albany. He was an assistant professor of the
Department of Criminal Justice, SUNY Brockportand the Department of Police Administration,Keimyung University (Korea). He currently servesas an associate professor of the Department ofSocial Work, Meiho University (Taiwan). Prior tothat career, he served as a police officer and apolice lieutenant in three departments of the
National Police Agency of Taiwan.
Richard Lumb completed his doctorate degree
at Florida State University. He is a former associateprofessor at the University of North CarolinaCharlotte and Emeritus Associate Professorand Chair at SUNY Brockport, both in CriminalJustice. Prior to that career, he was a policeofficer and Chief of Police in two departments.
services, koban community policing effectively
prevented crime as well as anti-government activities.
The strategy was successfully replicated in
Taiwan and Korea, the two colonies of Japan
before World War II. The koban system has been
transformed to become a strategy that deliverspolice services to citizens and simultaneouslysustains national security while collaborating withthe intelligence services. Western communitypolicing programmes intensify police service delivery
to citizens. In the post-9/11 era, the influenceof federal law enforcement has expanded toinclude a collaborative and occasionally superseding
role. If balancing individual freedom and
collective wellbeing becomes possible in Westerncountries, Eastern community policing modelsmay serve to enlighten the path in this quest.
