Crime reduction and problem-oriented policing / edited by Karen Bullock, Nick Tilley.
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TextSeries: Crime science seriesPublication details: Cullompton : Willan, 2003Description: xviii, 311 pISBN: 9781135989712 (ebook)Subject(s): Crime prevention -- Great Britain | Crime prevention -- Philosophy | Crime | Peace studies & conflict resolution | Crime & criminology | Penology & punishment | Politics & government | Causes & prevention of crime | Police & security services | Jurisprudence & general issuesGenre/Form: Online access: Click here, 1 copy Also available in printed form ISBN 9781843920502Summary: This work aims to provide an overview of the UK government's Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole, to describe findings about the adoption of a problem-solving approach, and to indicate what was learned from efforts to address the specific problems targeted in the evaluated initiatives. Problem-oriented policing has been one of the most significant new approaches to policing and crime reduction in recent years, and in the UK significant funding was provided to a variety of projects adopting a problem solving methodology in both policing and crime prevention and reduction partnerships as part of the government's Crime Reduction Programme. This book aims to draw upon the main findings of this initiative, to provide an overview of the government's Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole, to describe findings about the adoption of a problem solving approach, and to indicate what was learned from efforts to address the specific problems targeted in the evaluated initiatives.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work aims to provide an overview of the UK government's Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole, to describe findings about the adoption of a problem-solving approach, and to indicate what was learned from efforts to address the specific problems targeted in the evaluated initiatives. Problem-oriented policing has been one of the most significant new approaches to policing and crime reduction in recent years, and in the UK significant funding was provided to a variety of projects adopting a problem solving methodology in both policing and crime prevention and reduction partnerships as part of the government's Crime Reduction Programme. This book aims to draw upon the main findings of this initiative, to provide an overview of the government's Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole, to describe findings about the adoption of a problem solving approach, and to indicate what was learned from efforts to address the specific problems targeted in the evaluated initiatives.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781843920502
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