After reading this chapter, students will be able to:

• Describe the findings from classic police strategy studies
• Explain why police departments conduct patrols
• Describe how the broken windows theory influenced policing
• Compare and contrast police patrol with community policing
• Explain the basics of problemoriented policing
• Describe at least five types of targeted policing
• Explain how CompStat is applied as a police management strategy
• Evaluate the influence of homeland security and terrorism on policing