Over the last three decades American policing has gone through a period of significant change and innovation.
In what is a relatively short historical time frame the police began to reconsider their fundamental mission, the
nature of the core strategies of policing, and the character of their relationships with the communities that they
serve. This volume brings together leading police scholars to examine eight major innovations which emerged during
this period: community policing, broken windows policing, problem oriented policing, pulling levers policing, third
party policing, hot spots policing, Compstat and evidence-based policing. Including advocates and critics of each
of the eight police innovations, this comprehensive book assesses the evidence on impacts of police innovation
on crime and public safety, the extent of the implementation of these new approaches in police departments, and
the dilemmas these approaches have created for police management. This book will appeal to students, scholars and
researchers.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction : understanding police innovation
2. The promise of community policing
3. Community policing : a skeptical view
4. Of "broken windows," criminology, and criminal justice
5. Incivilities reduction policing, zero tolerance, and the retreat from coproduction : weak foundations and strong
pressures
6. Science, values, and problem-oriented policing : why problem-oriented policing?
7. Problem-oriented policing : the disconnect between principles and practice
8. Old wine in new bottles : policing and the lessons of pulling levers
9. Partnership, accountability, and innovation : clarifying Boston's experience with pulling levers
10. The case for third-party policing
11. Third-party policing : a critical view
12. Hot spots policing as a model for police innovation
13. The limits of hot spots policing
14. Compstat's innovation
15. Changing everything so that everything can remain the same : compstat and American policing
16. Evidence-based policing for crime prevention
17. Improving police through expertise, experience, and experiments
18. Conclusion : police innovation and the future of policing
