ABSTRACT

This book focuses on how Chicago actually tried to formulate and implement problem solving as part of a thoroughgoing change in its style of policing. It describes the five-step problem-solving model that the city developed for tackling neighborhood problems ranging from graffiti to gang violence.

chapter 1|32 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|24 pages

Chicago's Model for Problem Solving

chapter 3|26 pages

Organizational Design for Problem Solving

chapter 4|40 pages

Training for Police and the Community

chapter 5|31 pages

Neighborhood Problems

chapter 6|35 pages

Community Capacity for Problem Solving

chapter 7|31 pages

The Police and Problem Solving

chapter 8|19 pages

Conclusions and Recommendations