NCJ Number
204054
Editor(s)
Karen Bullock,
Nick Tilley
Date Published
2003
Length
325 pages
Annotation
The chapters of this book draw together some of the key lessons learned about the processes of problem-oriented policing as they were applied in Great Britain's Targeted Police Initiative (TPI), which is a component of the country's larger Crime Reduction Programme.
Abstract
Nine of the chapters address approximately one-third of the projects funded by the Home Office under the TPI. The projects encompass such problem-oriented efforts as cycle theft, gang-related shootings, violent crime linked to alcohol abuse, property crime, racially motivated crime, hate crime in general, drug use and drug-related crime, and crime and disorder in remote rural locations. Where possible, these nine chapters are broadly ordered into the stages associated with conducting problem-oriented policing, from analysis, to implementation, to evaluation, to lesson-learning, and to replication. Two chapters focus on issues that emerged in evaluations of various TPI projects. One chapter considers lessons learned from attempts to mainstream in an entire police jurisdiction a successful pilot program that targeted repeat domestic violence. The final chapter presents some personal reflections by the authors regarding what they view as avoidable weaknesses in the central management of the Home Office Crime Reduction Programme, with attention to the first round of the TPI. General themes from the chapters are as follows: "Rolling out," replication, and transference of findings from one project to another are highly problematic; the separation of the research, analysis, and evaluation functions from implementation caused difficulties; consistent implementation was a persistent problem; difficulties in data/problem analysis emerged in several cases; and national performance indicators played a large role in shaping policing, sometimes undermining projects in which targeted issues ceased to be national priorities. 12 figures, 37 tables, 8 exhibits, chapter notes and references, and a subject index