Community policing
Subtitle: partnerships for problem solving
By: Linda S. Miller, Karen Matison Hess, Christine Hess Orthmann
Contributors: Hess, Karen M., 1939-; Orthmann, Christine M. H.
Edition: Seventh edition.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9781285096674
Subjects: Community policing; Police-community relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Section I. An overview. 1. The evolution of community policing ; 2. Inside police agencies: understanding mission and culture ; 3. Understanding and involving the community ; 4. Problem solving: proactive policing ; 5. Implementing community policing; title: Section II. Building relationships and trust. 6. Communicating with a diverse population ; 7. Building partnerships: a cornerstone of community policing ; 8. Forming partnerships with the media; title: Section III. Community policing in the field: collaborative efforts. 9. Early experiments in crime prevention and the evolution of community policing strategies ; 10. Safe neighborhoods and communities: from traffic problems to crime ; 11. Community policing and drugs ; 12. Bringing youths into community policing ; 13. The challenge of gangs: controlling their destructive force ; 14. Understanding and preventing violence ; 15. Understanding and preventing terrorism ; 16. What tells us and a look to the future; title: Glossary; title: Author index; title: Subject index.