Community policing : partnerships for problem solving / Linda S. Miller, Kären Matison Hess, Christine Hess Orthmann.

Includes glossary and index

The evolution of community policing -- Inside police agencies: understanding mission and culture -- Understanding and involving the community -- Problem solving: proactive policing -- Implementing community policing -- Building relationships and trust communicating with a diverse population -- Building partnerships: a cornerstone of community policing -- Forming partnerships with the media -- Early experiments in crime prevention and the evolution of community policing strategies -- Safe neighborhoods and communities: from traffic problems to crime -- Community policing and drugs-- Bringing youths into community policing -- The challenge of gangs: controlling their destructive force -- Understanding and preventing violence -- Understanding and preventing terrorism -- What research tells us and a look to the future

English