Problem-oriented Policing: From Innovation to Mainstream

by Knutsson, Johannes

• ISBN13: 9781881798378
• ISBN10: 1881798372
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-15
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Summary

Leading authorities in the field address the theory and practice of problem-oriented policing, assess the advantages and disadvantages of this increasingly important approach in the work of the police, review progress that has been made in implementing this concept, and consider what needs to be done to improve the number and quality of problem-oriented policing projects.

Table of Contents

Preface	iv
Johannes Knutsson
Foreword	v
Ingelin Killengreen
Introduction	1	(12)
Johannes Knutsson
On Further Developing Problem-oriented Policing: The Most Critical Need, the Major Impediments, and a Proposal	13	(36)
Herman Goldstein
Getting the Police To Take Problem-oriented Policing Seriously	49	(30)
Michael S. Scott
Police Problems: The Complexity of Problem Theory, Research and Evaluation	79	(36)
John Eck
The Sequence of Analysis in Solving Problems	115	(32)
Deborah Lamm Weisel
The Role of Research and Analysis: Lessons from the Crime Reduction Programme	147	(36)
Karen Bullock
Nick Tilley
Problem Orientation, Problem Solving and Organizational Change	183	(30)
Michael Townsley
Shane D. Johnson
Ken Pease
Repeat Victimization: Lessons for Implementing Problem-oriented Policing	213	(26)
Gloria Laycock
Graham Farrell
Advancing Problem-oriented Policing: Lessons from Dealing with Drug Markets	239	(18)
Rana Sampson
Thefts From Cars in Center-City Parking Facilities: A Case Study in Implementing Problem-oriented Policing	257
Ronald V. Clarke
Herman Goldstein