Contributions

  • Hartnett, Susan M. - Contributor

Publication

1997 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

64,500 words, Guess

Page Count

258 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96027841
  • OCLC Control Number34951239
  • Better World Books9780195105605
  • Open LibraryOL989545M

Classifications

  • DDC363.2/3
  • LCCHV7936.C83 S56 1997
  • LCCHV7936.C83S56 1997

Description

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. --Publisher description.

Subjects

Topics

Police DeptChicago (Ill.)Law EnforcementCrime preventionPOLITICAL SCIENCEPolice DepartmentCommunity policing

Series Statement

  • Studies in crime and public policy

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