NCJ Number
184770
Date Published
1998
Length
56 pages
Annotation
These 27 articles discuss problem solving in community policing and focus on asset forfeiture as a source of police agency funding, crime prevention, drug nuisance abatement, abuse of elderly persons, hate crimes, jail management, resource issues, and specific agencies’ problem solving programs.
Abstract
An introductory overview explains that it is more effective to understand and proactively address the causes of crime rather than continually to react to crimes after they happen. It also notes that problem solving involves specifying the problem, analyzing it, establishing goals, and evaluating an effort’s effectiveness; that a common error is to define a problem too broadly; and that solving problems requires a team approach. Individual articles focus on a program to target a small group of violent offenders for selective incapacitation and a cooperative effort among police and landlords to control drug trafficking offenses in one community through the development of a landlord compact. Other articles focus on drug courts, efforts to reduce hate crimes, the grant seeking process, community relations, and the opinions of police officers from different types of jurisdictions. Photographs and summaries of information sources for each article