Police Problem Solving
- 1st Edition - April 7, 2010
- Latest edition
- Authors: Quint C. Thurman, J.D. Jamieson
- Language: English
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 se… Read more
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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 violence.
- The book arose from conversations with trainers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the National Center for State and Local Law Enforcement.
- Contributing authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds. As experts in their disciplines, they bring to this work a rich array of perspectives and innovative examples of successful problem-solving initiatives.
Section I: Introduction
1. Introduction to Police Problem Solving
2. The Applicability of Police Problem Solving to Crime Problems
3. Police Problem Solving and Its Applicability to Domestic Security
Section II: Police Patrol Officer-Based Problem Solving
4. Problem Solving Disorderly Youth
5. Problem Solving Auto Theft in Unincorporated Hillsborough County, Florida: Ten Years of Data
6. Problem Solving for First Responders
7. Preparing Supervisors for Effective Problem Solving
Section III: Problem Solving with Community-Based Partnerships
8. Problem Solving Emergent Gangs in Suburban Washington State: The Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-AmeriCorps Program
9. Problem Solving Prostitution in a Problem Neighborhood
10. Problem Solving and Crime Prevention in Public Housing
Section IV: Advanced Problem Solving and Problem-Specific Strategies
11. Foretelling Crimes of the Future Using Crimes of the Past: Analyzing Repeat Victimization
12. Problem Solving Investigations
13. Geographic Profiling as Problem Solving for Serial Crime
14. Problem Solving Terrorism Vulnerability
Section V: Problem Solving in the Twenty-First Century
15. Limitations, Challenges, and the Future of Police Problem Solving
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 7, 2010
- Language: English
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Quint C. Thurman
Affiliations and expertise
Texas State University, San MarcosJJ
J.D. Jamieson
Affiliations and expertise
Texas State University, San Marcos