The Move to Community Policing: Making Change Happen / Edition 1

by Merry Morash, J. Kevin Ford

Overview

A textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses on contemporary issues in policing, emerging from an extended program at Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice to help police departments implement community policing approaches. The 14 studies look at developing data-driven systems, changing the police culture, creating partnerships, and dealing with ongoing challenges. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761924722
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/28/2002
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

%> Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Transforming Police Organizations

Part I. Developing Data-Driven Systems

2. Using Assessment Tools to Jump-Start the Move to Community Policing

3. Citizen Input and Police Service: Moving Beyond the "Feel Good" Community Survey

4. Using Multiple Methods in Community Crime Prevention and Community-Policing Research: The Case of Project ROAR

Part II. Changing the Police Culture

5. Styles of Patrol in a Community Police Context

6. Dual Responsibilities: A Model for Immersing Midlevel Managers in Community Policing

7. Organizational Change and Development: Fundamental Principles, Core Dilemmas, and Leadership Challenges in the Move Toward a Community-Policing Strategy

Part III. Creating Partnerships / 8. Focus on Internal Partnerships: A Framework for Implementing Community Policing in a Unionized Department

9. The Nexus of community Policing and domestic Violence

10. Action Research for community-Oriented Policing and Comprehensive School safety Planning

11. Social Capital, Collective Action, and Community Policing: A Case Study in Sioux city, Iowa

Part IV. Dealing With Ongoing Challenges

12. The Challenge of Effective Organizational Change: Lessons Learned in Community-Policing Implementation

13. Reflections on the Move to Community Policing

14. Directing the Future of Community- Policing Initiatives

Index

About the Editors

About the Contributors