Community Policing, Chicago Style

by Skogan, Wesley G.; Hartnett, Susan M.

• ISBN13: 9780195136333
• ISBN10: 0195136330
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Police departments across the country are busily "reinventing" themselves, adopting a new style known as "community policing". This approach to policing involves organizational decentralization, new channels of communication with the public, a commitment to responding to what the community thinks their priorities ought to be, and the adoption of a broad problem-solving approach to neighborhood issues. Police departments that succeed in adopting this new stance have an entirely different relationship to the public that they serve. Chicago made the transition, embarking on what is now the nation's largest and most impressive community policing program. This book, the first to examine such a project, looks in depth at all aspects of the program--why it was adopted, how it was adopted, and how well it has worked.

Author Biography

Wesley G. SkoganR, the author of numerous books and articles on the relationship between crime and society, is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University.
Susan M. Hartnett was the Project Director for the Chicago study at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research.

Table of Contents

Policing at Century's End	3	(20)
Police and Politics in Chicago	20	(18)
Crafting a Program	38	(32)
Bringing Officers on Board	70	(40)
Citizen Involvement	110	(51)
The Program in Action	161	(33)
The Impact of CAPS on Neighborhood Life	194	(42)
Reinventing Policing, Chicago Style	236	(11)
References	247	(8)
Index	255