Stratified Policing: An Organizational Model for Proactive Crime Reduction and Accountability

Stratified Policing provides a clear path for institutionalizing crime reduction in police organizations, incorporating evidence-based strategies into everyday operations and creating a multifaceted accountability process. It offers specific recommendations for developing crime reduction goals, addressing immediate and long-term problems, and implementing a stratified accountability meeting structure. The book is a valuable resource for police leaders and professionals seeking to implement effective crime reduction strategies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 170 pages
Publication date: 11 December 2020
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Implementing effective crime reduction requires a deliberate and strategic approach that integrates processes into the police organization, its culture, and day-to-day work. Stratified Policing: An Organizational Model for Proactive Crime Reduction and Accountability offers a clear path for institutionalizing crime reduction within police departments, modeled after current police processes. It establishes an organizational framework that facilitates the incorporation of evidence-based strategies into everyday operations, transforming a reactive police organization into a proactive one. Stratified Policing incorporates proven strategies for crime reduction and provides practical guidance on how to effectively implement them in police practice. The book outlines a comprehensive and focused approach to crime reduction, with specific recommendations for small changes by rank and division that build on each other to achieve a holistic and effective strategy. It also establishes a multifaceted accountability process that is fair and transparent. The book dedicates entire chapters to developing crime reduction goals, addressing immediate, short-term, and long-term crime and disorder problems, and implementing a stratified accountability meeting structure. Chapters include detailed recommendations supported by research and grounded in what is realistic in police practice for the application of evidence-based strategies, assignment of responsibility and accountability, crime analysis products, and assessment measures for impact on crime and disorder. The book is the culmination of the authors' 15 years of work and will synthesize their research, other publications on stratified policing, and provide new material for police leaders and professionals who are seeking an organizational structure to institutionalize crime reduction.

Weight: 277g
Dimension: 220 x 154 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538126561