Police innovation : contrasting perspectives / edited by David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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 relationships with the communities that they serve. This volume brings together leading police scholars to examine eight major innovations which emerged during this period: community policing, broken windows policing, problem oriented policing, pulling levers policing, third party policing, hot spots policing, Compstat and evidence-based policing. Including advocates and critics of each of the eight police innovations, this comprehensive book assesses the evidence on impacts of police innovation on crime and public safety, the extent of the implementation of these new approaches in police departments, and the dilemmas these approaches have created for police management.

English.

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