Full Description
COMMUNITY POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVINGabout policing at its most important and challenging levels-in neighborhoods and communities across the nation and abroad. Unique in perspective, its focus is on community policing and problem solving-and the processes that are being implemented under COPPS to control and prevent crime, disorder and fear. Extremely applied, this text focuses on daily processes and tactics and how and why agencies are revolutionizing their traditional philosophy and operations. This sixth edition provides the latest on policing in an information age, how the economy is impacting policing practices and new information concerning COPPs initiatives across the United States.
Contents
1. The Evolution of Policing2. COPPS: Partnerships in a Changing Society3. COPPS: Problem Oriented Policing4. Crime Prevention: Creating Safe Communities5. Information Technology: Tools for the Task6. From Recruit to Chief: Changing the Agency Culture7. Planning and Implementation: Translating Ideas into Action 8. Evaluation of COPPS Initiatives 9. Training for COPPS: Approaches and Challenges 10. Police in a Diverse Society11. COPPS on the Beat: Drugs, Gangs, and Youth Crimes 12. More COPPS on the Beat: Selected Issues and Problems13. COPPS: Selected American Approaches 14. COPPS Abroad: Foreign Venues15. The Future: Bright or Bleak?Appendix A: Award-Winning Problem-Solving Case StudiesAppendix B: Community Survey in Fort Collins, ColoradoAppendix C: Strategic Plan Survey in Portland, Oregon
