Police and community in Chicago
Subtitle: a tale of three cities
By: by Wesley G. Skogan.
Series: Studies in crime and public policy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780195154580
Subjects: Chicago (Ill. ). Police Dept; Community policing -- Illinois -- Chicago; Crime prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation
Description: In the early 1990s, Chicago, the nation's third largest city, instituted the nation's largest community policing initiative. Wesley G. Skogan here provides a comprehensive evaluation of that citywide programme, examining its impact on crime, neighbourhood residents, and the police.
Table of contents: title: Community policing; title: Crime, police and the three Chicagos; title: Reengineering the police; title: Involving the community; title: Representing the community; title: Tackling neighborhood problems; title: Trends in neighborhood problems; title: Trends in crime and fear; title: Police and the public; title: How did Chicago do?