Police problem solving / [compiled by] Quint C. Thurman, J.D. Jamieson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thurman, Quint C., author.

Contributor:

Jamieson, J. D.

Thurman, Quint.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police.

Problem solving.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering a balanced approach to problem-solving issues in a complex and changing world, this book focuses specifically on the subject of problem solving in policing. Featured selections include chapters on domestic security, disorderly youth, auto theft, prostitution, gang delinquency and crime in public housing. Other notable selections discuss the role of supervising police personnel engaged in problem solving, advances in using this approach in criminal investigations, solving serial crimes, preparing for terrorism, and developing patrol officers as effective first responders to active viol

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Section I Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction to Police Problem Solving; Chapter 2 The Applicability of Police Problem Solving to Crime Problems; Chapter 3 Police Problem Solving and Its Applicability to Domestic Security; Section II Police Patrol Officer-Based Problem Solving; Chapter 4 Problem Solving Disorderly Youth; Chapter 5 Problem Solving Auto Theft in Unincorporated Hillsborough County, Florida: Ten Years of Data; Chapter 6 Problem Solving for First Responders; Chapter 7 Preparing Supervisors for Effective Problem Solving

Section III Problem Solving with Community-Based PartnershipsChapter 8 Problem Solving Emergent Gangs in Suburban Washington State: The Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-AmeriCorps Program; Chapter 9 Problem Solving Prostitution in a Problem Neighborhood; Chapter 10 Problem Solving and Crime Prevention in Public Housing; Section IV Advanced Problem Solving and Problem-Specific Strategies; Chapter 11 Foretelling Crimes of the Future Using Crimes of the Past: Analyzing Repeat Victimization; Chapter 12 Problem Solving Investigations

Chapter 13 Geographic Profiling as Problem Solving for Serial CrimeChapter 14 Problem Solving Terrorism Vulnerability; Section V Problem Solving in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 15 Limitations, Challenges, and the Future of Police Problem Solving; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

First published 2004 by Anderson Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-52200-1

1-138-15864-X

1-315-72144-9

1-317-52201-X

1-4377-5563-1

9781315721446

OCLC:

892046399