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NCJ Number: 91053 Find in a Library
Title: Patrol Strategies for Police (From Crime and Public Policy, P 145-163, 1983, James Q Wilson, ed. - See NCJ-91045)
Author(s): L W Sherman
Date Published: 1983
Annotation: Police should direct their resources to watching for potential offenders, should spend more time on foot talking to citizens, and should guide volunteer watching efforts.
Abstract: Watching is more controversial than taking physical security measures or making behavioral adjustments to avoid criminal attacks, because it requires the largest amount of public financing and an increasing share of private resources. However, research shows that a more focused and goal-directed set of watching tactics would be more effective than the current tendency to wait for something to happen and to respond to calls regardless of their relative urgency. Police should spend more time on foot talking to citizens and should do more to stimulate and guide volunteer watching efforts. They should focus special attention on repeat offenders and on illegal gun-carrying by refusing to handle certain kinds of requests, regardless of the political outcry that might occur. Systems of screening telephone calls to determine the nature of the caller's problem and the appropriate response would also be helpful. Field experiments of public and private watching efforts should also be conducted as the basis of policy choices among different strategies.
Index Term(s): Community relations; Patrol; Police reform; Police responsibilities; Policing innovation; Proactive police units
Sponsoring Agency: ICS Press
Oakland, CA 94612
Sale Source: ICS Press
Institute for Contemporary Studies
1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 406
Oakland, CA 94612
United States of America
Page Count: 19
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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