THIS FIRST ARTICLE STATES THAT POLICE NEED TO MORE SYSTEMATICALLY IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROBLEMS THE PUBLIC EXPECTS THEM TO HANDLE IF THEY ARE TO REALIZE A GREATER RETURN IN THE INVESTMENT MADE IN THEIR OPERATION. A SECOND ARTICLE ANALYZES FOUR CHICAGO COMMUNITIES -- LINCOLN PARK, WOODLAWN, WICKER PARK, AND BACK OF THE YARDS -- AND DISCUSSES RESEARCH POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION. A TRAGIC ENDING TO YEARS OF HARASSMENT IS DESCRIBED IN A WASHINGTON POST NEWSPAPER STORY THAT TELLS HOW AN ELDERLY MAN KILLED AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED TWO BALTIMORE, MD., YOUTHS. TWO MAGAZINE ARTICLES TELL HOW MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT ON PROGRAMS LIKE OPERATION ID AND BLOCKWATCHERS HAVE BROUGHT ONLY UNFULFILLED PROMISES, AND HOW THREE MIDDLE-CLASS NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES ADOPTED AN AUTO DECAL IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM TO DECREASE BURGLARIES. THE MINNESOTA CRIME PREVENTION CENTER PRESENTS A PROGRAM MODEL ON PLANNING COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT DESCRIBES, IN DETAIL, THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, REPRESENTATION, AND CONFIICT RESOLUTION. IT ALSO PRESENTS CASE STUDIES OF SIX COMMUNITY-BASED CRIME PREVENTION PROJECTS: THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PROJECT, CONTRA COUNTY, CALIF. THE SOUTHWEST POLK COUNTY CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL INC. IOWA.; THE GREATER WOODLAWN CRIME PREVENTION PROJECT, CHICAGO, ILL.; THE COALITION MODEL, WASHINGTION, D.C. THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, MINNEAPOLIS, COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.; AND THE 'PORT CITY' CRIME PREVENTION FOR SENIORS PROJECT. FINALLY, A LITERATURE REVIEW AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CITIZEN CRIME PREVENTION TACTICS IS PRESENTED WITH AN APPENDIX LISTING SOURCES. THE HANDBOOK INCLUDES TABLES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND FOOTNOTES.