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Police Innovation Contrasting Perspectives

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ISBN-10: 0521544831

ISBN-13: 9780521544832

Edition: 2005

Authors: David Weisburd, Anthony A. Braga, Alfred Blumstein, David Farrington

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This volume brings together leading police scholars to examine eight major innovations that have emerged over the last three decades: community policing, broken windows policing, problem oriented policing, pulling levers policing, third party policing, hot spots policing, Compstat and evidence-based policing.
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Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Sally S. Simpson (Ph.D. University of Massachusetts/Amherst) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland/College Park. Ongoing research projects include a factorial survey of environmental professionals to assess regulatory attitudes toward and strategies for business, a meta-analysis of corporate crime intervention and control strategies for the Campbell Consortium Crime and Justice Group (CCJG), and the WEV study (a multi-city retrospective study of incarcerated women's experience of violence). Professor Simpson is past President of the White-Collar Crime Research Consortium and current Chair of the Crime, Law, and Deviance…    

Introduction David Weisburd
Community Policing
The promise of community policing
Community policing: a skeptical view
Broken Windows
Of 'Broken Windows' criminology and criminal justice
Incivilities reduction policing, zero tolerance, and the retreat from coproduction: weak foundations and strong pressures
Problem-Oriented Policing
Science, values and problem-oriented policing: why problem-oriented policing
Problem-oriented policing: the disconnect between principles and practice
Pulling Levers Policing
Old wine in new bottles: policing and the lessons of pulling levers
Partnership, accountability, and innovation: clarifying Boston's experience with pulling levers
Third Party Policing
The case for third party policing
Third party policing: a critical view
Hot Spots Policing
Hot spots policing as a model for police innovation
The limits of hot spots policing
Compstat
Compstat's innovation
Changing everything so that everything can remain the same: Compstat and American policing
Evidence-Based Policing
Evidence-based policing for crime prevention
Improving police through expertise, experience and experiments
Conclusion