Although law enforcement officials have long recognized the need to cooperate with the communities they serve, recent efforts to enhance performance and maximize resources have resulted in a more strategic approach to collaboration among police, local governments, and community members. The goal of these so-called "community policing" initiatives is to prevent neighborhood crime, reduce the fear of crime, and enhance the quality of life in communities. Despite the growing national interest in and support for community policing, the factors that influence an effective implementation have been largely unexplored. Drawing on data from nearly every major U.S. municipal police force, Community Policing in America is the first comprehensive study to examine how the organizational context and structure of police organizations impact the implementation of community policing. Jeremy Wilson’s book offers a unique theoretical framework within which to consider community policing, and identifies key internal and external factors that can facilitate or impede this process, including community characteristics, geographical region, police chief turnover, and structural complexity and control. It also provides a simple tool that practitioners, policymakers, and researchers can use to measure community policing in specific police organizations.

Community Policing in America (Criminology and Justice Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Wilson, Jeremy M.

Social Sciences

Routledge

Community Policing in America

U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Each weekday, more than 12 million passengers take to U.S. railways. This book explains a framework for security planners and policymakers to guide cost-effective rail-security planning, specifically for the risk of terrorism. Risk is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences. This book focuses on addressing vulnerabilities and limiting consequences.

Securing America's Passenger-Rail Systems

Business & Money

Eisman, Mel

Steinberg, Paul

Jackson, Brian A.

Riley, Jack K.

Industries

RAND Corporation

Wilson and Dalton explore the extent and characteristics of human trafficking in Ohio through both a content analysis of newspaper accounts and interviews with criminal justice officials and social service providers. The authors identify and discuss sex trafficking cases in Toledo and forced labor cases in Columbus, and compare the two cities 1 responses to human trafficking. They conclude with suggestions on how these responses might be improved. Oneliner: Explores the extent and characteristics

Human Trafficking in Ohio: Markets, Responses, and Considerations: Markets, Responses, and Considerations

A summary of the presentations, discussions, and opinions offered by panelists at a National Summit on Police Recruitment and Retention in the Contemporary Urban Environment held at RAND in June 2008. Topics examined include changing police workforce issues, strategies being employed, lessons that could be learned from other organizations such as the military, and in-depth analyses of police recruiting and retention in selected cities.

Police Recruitment and Retention in the Contemporary Urban Environment: A National Discussion of Personnel Experiences and Promising Practices from the Front Lines (Conference Proceedings)

Grammich, Clifford A.

Business Culture

In 2003, Pittsburgh witnessed a 49-percent increase in homicides, prompting a grassroots creation and implementation of the One Vision One Life antiviolence strategy. This initiative has workers intervene in escalating disputes and seeks to place youth in appropriate social programs. Analysis of the program, which is modeled on similar efforts elsewhere, can help inform other efforts to address urban violence.

Community-Based Violence Prevention: An Assessment of Pittsburgh's One Vision One Life Program

History

Chermak, Steven

McGarrell, Edmund F.

Americas

Many police departments report difficulties in creating a workforce that represents community demographics, is committed to providing its employees the opportunity for long-term police careers, and effectively implements community policing. This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective workforces.

Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium: The State of Knowledge

Dalton, Erin

Scheer, Charles

Management & Leadership

Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes highlighted management challenges. To facilitate comparative and longitudinal staffing analyses, recommends ongoing national data collection.

Recruiting and Retaining America's Finest: Evidence-Based Lessons for Police Workforce Planning (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Rostker, Bernard D.

Fan, Cha-Chi

In the aftermath of 9/11, many law enforcement agencies (LEAs) shifted more resources toward developing counterterrorism (CT) and homeland security (HS) capabilities. This volume examines the effects the focus on CT and HS has had on law enforcement since 9/11, including organizational changes, funding mechanisms, how the shift has affected traditional crime-prevention efforts, and an assessment of benefits, costs, and future challenges.

Long-Term Effects of Law Enforcement1s Post-9/11 Focus on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security

Davis, Lois M.

Varda, Danielle M.

Pollard, Michael

Ward, Kevin

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