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COMMUNITY POLICING AND CRIME PREVENTION IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND

NCJ Number
142119
Author(s)
R C Wadman; S E Bailey
Date Published
1993
Length
98 pages
Annotation
Written for police, social workers, and local government and community agencies, this handbook presents practical approaches to neighborhood and community crime prevention.
Abstract
Successful approaches used in the United States are described by an American police chief; programs in the United Kingdom are described by the chief constable of a British police agency. The manual emphasizes the role of community policing and the need for a partnership among the police and all sections of the community. Individual chapters explain community crime prevention programs such as block watch, measures to prevent and detect automobile theft, victim services, business crime prevention, residential security, the recognition of drug abuse, domestic assault remedies and prevention, police evaluations of crime prevention, and future changes for police and communities. Figures, checklists, and index