France has, much more than
other European societies, a history of terrorist attacks. The common
explanation is that they maintain a neglected and rejected underclass that as a
result becomes a hotbed of resentment and violence.
The French police mainly reacts with spying and
violence to the consequences of alienation.
In the Netherlands we have neighborhood police who are
peacefully and sensitively in touch with the local population and help reducing
or precluding processes of alienation.
As the contact person
for my immediate neighborhood, I am in close touch with neighborhood police
officer Hans van Lent.
http://people.umass.edu/estaub/HPCN_A_247018staub.pdf
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