Police innovation : contrasting perspectives / edited by David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga.
Over the last three decades American policing has gone through a period of significant change and innovation. In what is a relatively short historical time frame the police began to reconsider their fundamental mission, the nature of the core strategies of policing, and the character of their relati...
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2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : understanding police innovation / David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga
- Community policing. Advocate : The promise of community policing / Wesley G. Skogan ; Critic : Community policing : a skeptical view / Stephen Mastrofski
- Broken windows policing. Advocate : Of "broken windows," criminology, and criminal justice / William H. Sousa and George L. Kelling ; Critic : Incivilities reduction policing, zero tolerance, and the retreat from coproduction : weak foundations and strong pressures / Ralph B. Taylor
- Problem-oriented policing. Advocate : Science, values, and problem-oriented policing : why problem-oriented policing? / John E. Eck ; Critic : Problem-oriented policing : the disconnect between principles and practice / Anthony A. Braga and David Weisburd
- Pulling levers policing. Advocate : Old wine in new bottles : policing and the lessons of pulling levers / David M. Kennedy ; Critic. Partnership, accountability, and innovation : clarifying Boston's experience with pulling levers / Anthony A. Braga and Christopher Winship
- Third-party policing. Advocate : The case for third-party policing / Lorraine Mazerolle and Janet Ransley ; Critic : Third-party policing : a critical view / Tracey L. Meares
- Hot spots policing. Advocate : Hot spots policing as a model for police innovation / David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga ; Critic : The limits of hots spots policing / Dennis P. Rosenbaum
- Compstat. Advocate : Compstat's innovation / Eli B. Silverman ; Critic : Changing everything so that everything can remain the same : Compstat and American policing / David Weisburd [and others]
- Evidence-based policing. Advocate : Evidence-based policing for crime prevention / Brandon C. Welsh ; Critic : Improving police through expertise, experience, and experiments / Mark H. Moore
- Conclusion : Police innovation and the future of policing / Anthony A. Braga and David Weisburd.