Full Description
This volume provides a broad framework for understanding hot spots policing in the context of contributions by Professor David Weisburd, recipient of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his work in this area.
The book aims to bring together a wide array of studies that are seldom integrated into a broad general argument about why hot spots policing "makes sense," why police agencies should be implementing this approach, and how police reform can be integrated into their efforts. In the 21st century, a series of rigorous evaluations of hot spots policing overturned the widespread assumption that the police could not prevent crime. Today, there is wide agreement that when the police focus on crimes clustered in individual locations, often called microgeographic units or hot spots, they can be effective in preventing and controlling crime. This collection examines the history of the development of the idea of crime hot spots and evidence of crime concentrations at place that underlie hot spots policing. It also presents key experimental studies that show that hot spots policing works, and that it did not simply lead to displacement of crime. Finally, the volume addresses how police reform can be integrated into hot spots policing.
Of interest to a wide range of criminologists and policing scholars, this volume brings together and synthesizes the evidence supporting a focus on hot spots to prevent crime.
Contents
Part 1: The Origins of Hot Spots Policing 1. Discovering Crime Hot Spots in Small Worlds of Crime and Justice Interventions 2. Place-Based Prevention Strategies for Crime Hot Spots Part 2: The Law of Crime Concentration 3. Understanding the Law of Crime Concentration and Criminology of Place 4. Reviewing Evidence of Crime Concentrations at Micro Places Part 3: Hot Spots of Crime 5. Informal Social Control and Perceptions of Crime Hot Spots 6. Health Outcomes Associated with Crime Hot Spots 7. Social Disorganization and Crime at the Micro Geographic Level in Tel Aviv-Yafo 8. Collective Efficacy at the Micro Geographic Level Part 4: Hot Spots Policing 9. General Deterrence from Police Patrols in Crime Hot Spots 10. Policing Drug Markets in Jersey City Hot Spots 11. Evaluating Crime Reduction from Hot Spots Policing 12. Spatial Displacement and Diffusion of Crime Control Benefits Part 5: Hot Spots Policing and Police Reform 13. Simulating Crime Reduction in Urban Areas Through Hot Spots Policing 14. Balancing Fairness and Effectiveness in Proactive Hot Spots Policing 15. Building Collective Action at Crime Hot Spots 16. Reforming Police Practices Through Procedural Justice Training Part 6: Conclusions 17. What We Know and Still Need to Learn About Hot Spots Policing
