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Encyclopedia of Community Policing and Problem Solving
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Encyclopedia of Community Policing and Problem Solving

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Community Policing

July 2013 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Community policing, as a philosophy, supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues, including crime, social disorder, and fear of crime—as opposed to responding to crime after it occurs. Community policing expands the traditional police mandate. It broadens the focus of fighting crime to include solving community problems and forming partnerships with people in the community so average citizens can contribute to the policing process. Originating during police reform efforts of the 1970s, the philosophy of community policing is currently widespread and embraced by many citizens, police administrators, scholars, and local and federal politicians.

What sorts of collaborative partnerships have evolved between policing agencies and the individuals and communities they serve? How do police departments engage in systematic examination of identified problems to develop effective responses? How have police departments aligned their organizational structures to best support community partnerships and proactive problem solving? Just how effective have efforts at community policing been? These questions and more are explored within the pages of this new reference work.

"From defining the topic to offering strategies for the problems communities face, this book delivers practical, informative advice....Edited by Peak, This concise, readable volume lays the groundwork for understanding numerous aspects of community policing and problem solving. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers."

K. Evans
Indiana State University
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