Policing: The Essentials
First Edition
Learning Objectives
- Review the definition of police effectiveness and how the measurement of police effectiveness has changed over the course of the three eras of American policing.
- Identify and describe the general crime control strategies, including increasing police strength, routine preventive patro,; rapid response, and generalized arrest strategies (e.g., mandatory arrest).
- Describe how proactive policing differs from general crime control strategies.
- Assess the evidence of crime reduction for broken windows strategies.
- Describe the different forms of community policing and whether they reduce crime or influence residents’ perceptions of crime.
- Explain whether zero-tolerance policing is effective at reducing crime.
- Contrast intelligence-led policing with predictive policing and rate their effectiveness in reducing crime.