Police Problem Solving
By- Quint Thurman, Texas State University, San Marcos
- J.D. Jamieson, Texas State University, San Marcos
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.
Paperback, 175 Pages
Published: June 2005
Imprint: Anderson Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-58360-536-3
Contents
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 SecuritySection II: Police Patrol Officer-Based Problem Solving
4. Problem Solving Disorderly Youth5. Problem Solving Auto Theft in Unincorporated Hillsborough County, Florida: Ten Years of Data
6. Problem Solving for First Responders7. Preparing Supervisors for Effective Problem Solving
Section III: Problem Solving with Community-Based Partnerships8. Problem Solving Emergent Gangs in Suburban Washington State: The Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-AmeriCorps Program
9. Problem Solving Prostitution in a Problem Neighborhood10. Problem Solving and Crime Prevention in Public Housing
Section IV: Advanced Problem Solving and Problem-Specific Strategies11. Foretelling Crimes of the Future Using Crimes of the Past: Analyzing Repeat Victimization
12. Problem Solving Investigations13. Geographic Profiling as Problem Solving for Serial Crime
14. Problem Solving Terrorism VulnerabilitySection V: Problem Solving in the Twenty-First Century
15. Limitations, Challenges, and the Future of Police Problem Solving
