Community and Problem-Oriented Policing : effectively addressing crime and disorder

For courses in Community Policing and Police-Community Relations An applied, timely approach to “what works” in addressing crime and disorder Community and Problem-Oriented Policing: Effectively Addressing Crime and Disorde r, Seventh Edition, is about policing at its most important and challenging levels–in neighborhoods and communities across the nation. Unique in perspective, its focus is on community- and problem-oriented policing and the processes that are being implemented to control and prevent crime, disorder, and fear. Every chapter features Learn by Doing exercises to promote critical-thinking and analytical skills. Extremely applied, this text focuses on daily processes and tactics and how and why agencies are revolutionizing their traditional philosophy and operations. The Seventh Edition addresses head-on the most challenging aspects of policing in our age. Individual chapters focus on community policing in terms of diversity, terrorism, homeland security, and police being more constitutional and legitimate. Expanded emphasis is placed on smart policing, predictive policing, and intelligence-led policing as well as applications of new information technologies for problem solving. Additionally, chapters examine major issues and challenging crime problems (e.g., drugs, gangs, youth and crime, neighborhood disorder, domestic violence, and human trafficking), crime prevention, changing agency culture, evaluating problem-solving initiatives, cyberbullying and cybercrime, and special populations, and the future. New case studies, exhibits, and examples offer readers a view of what works in policing strategy and problem solving in the field today. xviii, 294 pages : 27 cm Revised edition of the authors' Community policing and problem solving, c2012 Includes index The long road to community policing and problem solving -- Evolution: the geneses of community policing -- Community partnerships : building accord in a time of discord -- Policing's dual priorities : managing diversity and homeland protection -- Policing a diverse society -- Protecting the homeland : an international problem for local police -- Problem solving models, programs, practices -- Problem solving : a process model -- Crime prevention : programs and practices -- Tools for problem solving : information technology -- Needed: organizational foundation for problem solving -- Changing agency culture : toward more constitutional and legitimate policing -- Planning and implementation : keys to success -- Training for problem solving -- Evaluating and assessing outcomes : do the responses "measure up" -- Addressing today's crime and disorder -- Problem solving in practice : "what works" with drugs, youth gangs and violence, and neighborhood disorder -- Addressing offenders and victims: mental illness, domestic violence, cyber criminals, human trafficking -- Challenges ahead -- Future opportunities : and obstacles