Problem-Oriented Policing in Practice*

Cordner, Gary W.; Biebel, Elizabeth P.

doi:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2005.00013.x

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“…Research on the dosage and fidelity of its actual implementation is rare. This study augments findings from research by Cordner and Biebel (2005) on the implementation of POP in San Diego. Both studies examine implementation issues in agencies regarded as leaders in the POP movement.…”

Section: A Brief History Of Problem-oriented Policing In Colorado Sprsupporting

confidence: 73%

Problem-Oriented Policing in Colorado Springs

Maguire

Uchida

Hassell

2010

Crime & Delinquency

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Problem-oriented policing (POP) has generated substantial attention from practitioners, scholars, and policy makers. A growing body of research is beginning to cast doubt on the extent to which this reform has been implemented in police agencies as prescribed by reformers. This study presents findings from an analysis of POP in the Colorado Springs Police Department, one of the national leaders of POP in the United States. The principal form of evidence is a systematic content analysis of case summaries and reports completed by police officers in 753 POP cases in Colorado Springs. The results point to a set of common roadblocks in the implementation of POP, as well as more general patterns that seem to influence the implementation of police reform.

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Section: A Brief History Of Problem-oriented Policing In Colorado Sprsupporting

confidence: 73%

Problem-Oriented Policing in Colorado Springs

Maguire

Uchida

Hassell

2010

Crime & Delinquency

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“…In contrast, we found in our focus groups that 503 National survey of law enforcement agencies higher-level personnel use long-term crime analysis more routinely, as they require analysis that looks at issues in the longer term (Taylor and Boba, 2011). The stratification of crime analysis by rank can be inferred from a study of ten years of problem solving in San Diego, CA that found that line-level patrol officers tend to look at problems with a very narrow focus (e.g., several calls for service at one address), and therefore do not require formal crime analysis products that are relevant for larger long-term problems (Cordner and Biebel, 2005). Consequently, to integrate crime analysis into policing, particularly patrol work, the literature points to areas of concern related to the types of crime analysis results that are provided to particular personnel and the expectations for how crime analysis is to be used.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, to this date, there has been no national survey on the explicit use of crime analysis for crime reduction activities in patrol to determine agencies' use and integration of crime analysis. Studies that have been done have either looked at one agency (Cope, 2004;Cordner and Biebel, 2005) or have focussed on the crime analyst's perspective (O'Shea and Nicholls, 2003). Therefore, this paper presents a series of results from a national survey of police agencies on which future research and implementation of crime analysis can benefit from learning about the identified characteristics of current efforts at integrating crime analysis into the patrol function.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The integration of crime analysis into police patrol work

Santos

Taylor

2014

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:409465 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine national survey data of police agencies in the USA to explore the current state of crime analysis integration to patrol crime reduction work. Design/methodology/approach -The data examined in this paper are from a national quantitative survey which sought to understand how crime analysis results are used by officers as well as higher ranking personnel in the patrol division and what types of strategies are implemented using crime analysis. Findings -The findings show that the routine use of crime analysis is not well integrated. Despite the low integration, however, some differences were found. Management uses crime analysis the most overall, but officers and first-line supervisors use tactical crime analysis more routinely than management, where management personnel use evaluation most routinely. Tactical crime analysis is used most often for directed patrol, strategic for both directed patrol and general information, and evaluation for both general information and crime prevention. Analysis of using analysis proactively shows that agencies use tactical crime analysis most proactively, followed by the strategic crime analysis, then evaluation.Research limitations/implications -The study relies on self-report surveys, so the results may suffer from some of the general limitations of self-reports. Also, the study resulted in a lower response rate than surveys of police agencies typically achieve. Although responding and non-responding agencies were comparable in terms of population size, number of officers, and region of the country, The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at the response rate was about 55 percent. However, it is a possibility based on the analysis results that non-responses may reflect a disinterest in the topic or the lack of integration of crime analysis. Originality/value -This is the first national survey that focussed specifically on crime analysis integration in patrol work for crime reduction. The value of the results presented here are in the description of the curr...

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“…Experience with POP teaches us that its practice is not easily achieved (see Capowich et al 1994;Cordner and Biebel 2005; Police Executive Research Forum 2000; Sampson and Scott 2000). The popular SARA model of the POP processScanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment-makes analysis central to the practice of POP (Eck and Spelman 1987;see also Tilley 2003); analysis, as the SARA model highlights, is the bridge from problem identification to the formulation of possible solutions.…”

Section: Community Policingmentioning

confidence: 99%