Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives

by Edited by David Weisburd , Anthony A. Braga

• ISBN13: 9780521544832
• ISBN10: 0521544831
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Over the last three decades American policing has gone through a period of significant change and innovation. In what is a relatively short historical time frame the police began to reconsider their fundamental mission, the nature of the core strategies of policing, and the character of their relationships with the communities that they serve. This volume brings together leading police scholars to examine eight major innovations which emerged during this period. Including advocates and critics of the innovations, this comprehensive book assesses the impacts of police innovation on crime and public safety.

Table of Contents

List of figures	xii
List of tables	xiii
Notes on contributors	xiv
Introduction: understanding police innovation	1	(338)
David Weisburd
Anthony A. Braga
Part I Community policing
Advocate
The promise of community policing	27	(17)
Wesley G. Skogan
Critic
Community policing: a skeptical view	44	(33)
Stephen Mastrofski
Part II Broken windows policing
Advocate
Of ``broken windows,'' criminology, and criminal justice	77	(21)
William H. Sousa
George L. Kelling
Critic
Incivilities reduction policing, zero tolerance, and the retreat from coproduction: weak foundations and strong pressures	98	(19)
Ralph B. Taylor
Part III Problem-oriented policing
Advocate
Science, values, and problem-oriented policing: why problem-oriented policing?	117	(16)
John E. Eck
Critic
Problem-oriented policing: the disconnect between principles and practice	133	(22)
Anthony A. Braga
David Weisburd
Part IV Pulling levers policing
Advocate
Old wine in new bottles: policing and the lessons of pulling levers	155	(16)
David M. Kennedy
Critic
Partnership, accountability, and innovation: clarifying Boston's experience with pulling levers	171	(20)
Anthony A. Braga
Christopher Winship
Part V Third-party policing
Advocate
The case for third-party policing	191	(16)
Lorraine Mazerolle
Janet Ransley
Critic
Third-party policing: a critical view	207	(18)
Tracey L. Meares
Part VI Hot spots policing
Advocate
Hot spots policing as a model for police innovation	225	(20)
David Weisburd
Anthony A. Braga
Critic
The limits of hot spots policing	245	(22)
Dennis P. Rosenbaum
Part VII Compstat
Advocate
Compstat's innovation	267	(17)
Eli B. Silverman
Critic
Changing everything so that everything can remain the same: Compstat and American policing	284	(21)
David Weisburd
Stephen D. Mastrofski
James J. Willis
Rosann Greenspan
Part VIII Evidence-based policing
Advocate
Evidence-based policing for crime prevention	305	(17)
Brandon C. Welsh
Critic
Improving police through expertise, experience, and experiments	322	(17)
Mark H. Moore
Conclusion: Police innovation and the future of policing	339	(14)
Anthony A. Braga
David Weisburd
Index	353