For many years, problem-oriented policing has both succeeded and supplemented crime prevention and community policing as the main areas of interest and development. Several countries have established and implemented successful projects. The problem-oriented approach is viewed as an efficient and workable method of policing. This book consists of 10 papers contributed by highly esteemed researchers, on an international level, in the police research field. These papers discuss why problem-oriented policing is rarely implemented well and explores ways in which the problem-oriented approach can be brought more fully into the mainstream of policing. Highlights of the topics covered include: (1) a review of the critical need, major impediments, and the proposal in further developing problem-oriented policing; (2) steps to get police to take problem-oriented policing seriously; (3) improving the theory and practice of problem-oriented policing; (4) the sequence of analysis in solving problems, and problem solving and organizational change; (5) lessons for implementing problem-oriented policing; (6) developing a set of lessons from police and community efforts at tackling drug markets advancing the application of problem-oriented policing; and (7) a case study of a community policing project designed to reduce thefts from cars in center-city parking facilities. References