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Author Skogan, Wesley G

Title Police and community in Chicago : a tale of three cities / Wesley G. Skogan
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in crime and public policy
Studies in crime and public policy.
Contents Community policing -- Crime, police and the three Chicagos -- Reengineering the police -- Involving the community -- Representing the community -- Tackling neighborhood problems -- Trends in neighborhood problems -- Trends in crime and fear -- Police and the public -- How did Chicago do?
Summary In the early 1990s, Chicago, the nation's third largest city, instituted the nation's largest community policing initiative. Wesley G. Skogan here provides a comprehensive evaluation of that citywide programme, examining its impact on crime, neighbourhood residents, and the police
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-341) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chicago (Ill.). Police Department.
SUBJECT Chicago (Ill.). Police Department. fast (OCoLC)fst01812380
Subject Community policing -- Illinois -- Chicago
Crime prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation
Community policing.
Crime prevention -- Citizen participation.
Gemeinwesenbezogene Polizeiarbeit
Polícia (serviços;aspectos sociais)
Problemas sociais -- Chicago (Ill.)
Política de segurança.
Illinois -- Chicago.
Chicago, Ill.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199889860
0199889864
9780199944033
0199944032
0195154584
9780195154580