Police problem solving / [compiled by] Quint C. Thurman, J.D. Jamieson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Section 1. Introduction. Chapter 1. Introduction to police problem solving / by Quint Thurman & Steve Rutzebeck -- Chapter 2. The applicability of police problem solving and to crime problems / by Jeff Rojek -- Chapter 3. Police problem solving and its applicability to domestic security / by Joe Docobo & Carl Hawkins, Jr. -- Section 2. Police patrol officer-based problem solving. Chapter 4. Problem-solving disorderly youth / by Michael Scott -- Chapter 5. Problem-solving auto theft in unincorporated Hillsborough County, Florida / by Carl Hawkins, Jr -- Chapter 6. Problem solving for first responders / by Jay Jamieson & Steve Griffith -- Chapter 7. Preparing supervisors for effective problem solving / by Tim Oettmeier -- Section 3. Problem solving with community-based partnerships. Chapter 8. Problem solving gang delinquency in mountlake terrace / by David Mueller, Quint Thurman & Cary Heck -- Chapter 9. Problem solving prostitution in a problem neighborhood / by D. Kim Rossmo & Doug Fisher -- Chapter 10. Problem solving and crime prevention in public housing / by Lucy Hochstein & Quint Thurman -- Section 4. Advanced problem solving and problem-specific strategies. Chapter 11. Foretelling crimes of the future using crimes of the past / by Ken Peak & Ron Glensor -- Chapter 12. Problem solving investigations / by Brian Forst -- Chapter 13. Geographic profiling as problem solving for serial crime / by Kim Rossmo -- Chapter 14. Problem-solving terrorism vulnerability / by Les Poole -- Section 5. Problem solving in the twenty-first century. Chapter 15. Limitations, challenges, and the future of police problem solving / by Keith Ikeda -- About the authors -- Index.

Offering a balanced approach to problem-solving issues in a complex and changing world, this book focuses specifically on the subject of problem solving in policing. Selections include chapters on domestic security, disorderly youth, auto theft, prostitution, gang delinquency and crime in public housing. Other selections discuss the role of supervising police personnel engaged in problem solving, advances in using this approach in criminal investigations, solving serial crimes, preparing for terrorism, and developing patrol officers as effective first responders to active violence.

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