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Community and Problem-Oriented Policing: Effectively Addressing Crime and Disorder, 7th edition

  • Kenneth J. Peak
  • , Ronald W. Glensor

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PART I: THE LONG ROAD TO COMMUNITY POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
1. Evolution: The Geneses of Community Policing
2. Community Partnerships: Building Accord in a Time of Discord

PART II: POLICING'S DUAL PRIORITIES: MANAGING DIVERSITY AND HOMELAND PROTECTION
3. Policing a Diverse Society
4. Protecting the Homeland: An International Problem for Local Police

PART III: PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESSES, PROGRAMS, AND PRACTICES
5. Problem Solving: A Process Model
6. Crime Prevention: Programs and Practices
7. Tools for Problem Solving: Using Information Technology

PART IV: NEEDED: ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR PROBLEM SOLVING
8. Changing Agency Culture: Toward Constitutional and Legitimate Policing
9. Planning and Implementation: Keys to Success
10. Training for Problem Solving: "Learning by Doing"
11. Evaluating and Assessing Outcomes: Do the Responses "Measure Up"?

PART V: ADDRESSING TODAY'S CRIME AND DISORDER
12. Problem Solving in Practice: "What Works" with Drugs, Youth Gangs and Violence, and Neighborhood Disorder
13. Addressing Offenders and Victims: Mental Illness, Domestic Violence, Cyber Criminals, Human Trafficking

PART VI: CHALLENGES AHEAD
14. Future Opportunities-and Obstacles

Answers

Appendix 1: Award-Winning Problem-Solving Case Studies
Appendix 2: Model Academic Curriculum for Problem-Oriented Policing

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