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Police departments across the country are busily "reinventing" themselves, adopting a new style known as "community policing." This approach to policing involves organizational decentralization, new channels of communication with the public, a commitment to responding to what the community thinks their priorities ought to be, and the adoption of a broad problem-solving approach to neighborhood issues. Police departments that succeed in adopting this new stance have an entirely different relationship to the public that they serve. Chicago made the transition, embarking on what is now the nation's largest and most impressive community policing program. This book, the first to examine such a project, looks in depth at all aspects of the program--why it was adopted, how it was adopted, and how well it has worked.
Police departments across the country are busily "reinventing" themselves, adopting a new style known as "community policing." This approach to policing involves organizational decentralization, new channels of communication with the public, a commitment to responding to what the community thinks their priorities ought to be, and the adoption of a broad problem-solving approach to neighborhood issues. Police departments that succeed in adopting this new stance have an entirely different relationship to the public that they serve. Chicago made the transition, embarking on what is now the nation's largest and most impressive community policing program. This book, the first to examine such a project, looks in depth at all aspects of the program--why it was adopted, how it was adopted, and how well it has worked.
1: Policing at Century's End
2: Police and Politics in Chicago
3: Crafting a Program
4: Bringing Officers on Board
5: Citizen Involvement
6: The Program in Action
7: The Influence of CAPS on Neighborhood Life
8: Reinventing Policing, Chicago Style
Wesley G. SkoganR, the author of numerous books and articles on the
relationship between crime and society, is Professor of Political
Science at Northwestern University.
Susan M. Hartnett was the Project Director for the Chicago study at
Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research.
"Skogan and Harnett offer here yet another exemplary, extraordinary
study that incorporates both fascinating particulars and
generalizable findings. It is well-designed and subtly orchestrated
and should become required reading in the social sciences. Not only
is it engaging and clearly written, it contains hopeful notes about
the future of urban policing...Community Policing, Chicago Style
masterfully sets out an experimental design, identifies the
elements of the program, asserts a logical model by which program
and results are connected, presents abundant data clearly, and is
cautious about generalization and modest about findings."--Americal
Journal of
Sociology
"...this book offers valuable insight into the paradoxes central to
community policing: the fantastic popularity, modest crime
reductions, and--even in a program that sought to be
inclusive--little impact in those communities most victimized by
crime."--The Law and Politics Book Review
"Skogan and Harnett offer here yet another exemplary, extraordinary
study that incorporates both fascinating particulars and
generalizable findings. It is well-designed and subtly orchestrated
and should become required reading in the social sciences. Not only
is it engaging and clearly written, it contains hopeful notes about
the future of urban policing...Community Policing, Chicago Style
masterfully sets out an experimental design, identifies the
elements of the program, asserts a logical model by which program
and results are connected, presents abundant data clearly, and is
cautious about generalization and modest about findings."--Americal
Journal of
Sociology
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