Description
| Product ID: | 9780415627610 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Crime Science Series |
| Title: | Crime Reduction and Problem-oriented Policing |
| Authors: | Author: Karen Bullock, Nick Tilley |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment |
| Description: | Problem-oriented policing has been one of the most significant new approaches to policing and crime reduction in the UK in recent years. Drawing upon the main findings of the government''s Crime Reduction Programme, this book aims to provide an overview of the government''s Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole, 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-05-17 |
