The opening article focuses on 'community-oriented' policing as a fear-reduction method that intensifies police attention to major citizen concerns. Police management implications of community-oriented policing are discussed. Another article distinguishes between 'community-oriented' policing, 'crime-control' policing, and 'problem-oriented' policing, portraying examples of 'problem-oriented' policing, which aims at resolving the basic community problems that spawn a variety of fear-inducing circumstances. Two articles report on evaluations of fear-reduction police strategies used in Houston, Tex., and Newark, N.J. Improved police interactions with citizens was found to be particularly effective. Responding to research which indicates that fear of crime is induced by social disorder, an article examines dilemmas police face in their order-maintenance role. The effectiveness of Neighborhood Watch in reducing the fear of crime, controlling crime, and building a sense of community is examined in another article, and the concluding article analyzes the impact of criminal victimization on the fear of crime. Article references. See NJJ 104416-104422 for individual articles.