Police Innovation - Contrasting Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor David Weisburd is Walter E. Mayer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the Hebrew University Law School in Jerusalem! and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland! College Park. He is the author or editor of eleven books and more than sixty scientific articles that cover a wide range of criminal justice topics. Anthony A. Braga is Senior Research Associate in the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His research focuses on working with criminal justice agencies to develop crime prevention strategies to deal with gang violence! illegal firearms markets! and violent crime hot spots. Klappentext During the last decades of the twentieth century American police reconsidered their fundamental mission! the nature of the core strategies of policing! and the character of their relationships with the communities they serve. In this volume! leading police scholars examine the strengths and weaknesses of eight major innovations that emerged. Zusammenfassung During the last decades of the twentieth century American police reconsidered their fundamental mission! the nature of the core strategies of policing! and the character of their relationships with the communities they serve. In this volume! leading police scholars examine the strengths and weaknesses of eight major innovations that emerged. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction David Weisburd; Part I. Community Policing: 2. The promise of community policing Wesley G. Skogan; 3. Community policing: a skeptical view Stephen Mastrofski; Part II. Broken Windows: 4. Of 'Broken Windows' criminology and criminal justice William H. Sousa and George L. Kelling; 5. Incivilities reduction policing! zero tolerance! and the retreat from coproduction: weak foundations and strong pressures Ralph B. Taylor; Part III. Problem-Oriented Policing: 6. Science! values and problem-oriented policing: why problem-oriented policing? John E. Eck; 7. Problem-oriented policing: the disconnect between principles and practice Anthony A. Braga and David Weisburd; Part IV. Pulling Levers Policing: 8. Old wine in new bottles: policing and the lessons of pulling levers David M. Kennedy; 9. Partnership! accountability! and innovation: clarifying Boston's experience with pulling levers Anthony A. Braga and Christopher Winship; Part V. Third Party Policing: 10. The case for third party policing Lorraine Mazerolle and Janet Ransley; 11. Third party policing: a critical view Tracey L. Meares; Part VI. Hot Spots Policing: 12. Hot spots policing as a model for police innovation David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga; 13. The limits of hot spots policing Dennis P. Rosenbaum; Part VII. Compstat: 14. Compstat's innovation Eli B. Silverman; 15. Changing everything so that everything can remain the same: Compstat and American policing David Weisburd! Stephen D. Mastrofski! James J. Willis and Rosann Greenspan; Part VIII. Evidence-Based Policing: 16. Evidence-based policing for crime prevention Brandon C. Welsh; 17. Improving police through expertise! experience and experiments Mark H. Moore; Conclusion. ...

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• Authors: David Weisburd, David (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) B Weisburd, David Braga Weisburd
• Assisted by: Anthony A. Braga (Editor), Anthony A. (Harvard University Braga (Editor), David Weisburd (Editor), David (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Weisburd (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2006
• EAN: 9780521544832
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54483-2
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Criminology; Cambridge Studies in Criminology; Cambridge Studies in Criminolo
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration