Policing Places With Drug Problems

As traditional approaches to policing drug activity become increasingly ineffective, cities across the United States are developing new enforcement strategies to deal with the problem.

Lorraine Green charts the success of a programme in Oakland, California which features community involvement in the policing of areas where drug abuse is rife. An environment has been created where deviant activity is less likely to occur; working relationships have been established between the police and the public, properties cleaned up and civil codes enforced. This timely book concludes with a thoughtful discussion of the challenges facing other cities developing drug control programmes.

List of contents

Foreword - David L Weisburd
Introduction
Places, Crimes, and Prevention Perspectives
Policing Places with Drug Problems
The SMART Approach
The SMART Program Impact
Displacement and Diffusion Effects
Conclusions

Summary

As traditional approaches to policing drug activity become increasingly ineffective, cities across the United States are developing new enforcement strategies to deal with the problem. This title charts the success of a programme in Oakland, California which features community involvement in the policing of areas where drug abuse is rife.

Product details

• Authors: Lorraine Green, Lorraine A. Green, Lorraine A. Green Mazerolle, Lorraine Green Mazerolle
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.1996
• EAN: 9780803970199
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7019-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Drugs, Health, and Social Poli; Drugs, Health, and Social Policy; Drugs, Health, and Social Poli
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories