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Police and community in Chicago : a tale of three cities /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skogan, Wesley G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
Subjects:
Chicago (Ill.). > Police Department.
Chicago (Ill.). > Police Department
Community policing > Illinois > Chicago.
Crime prevention > Illinois > Chicago > Citizen participation.
Police communautaire > Illinois > Chicago.
Criminalité > Prévention > Illinois > Chicago > Participation des citoyens.
Community policing
Crime prevention > Citizen participation
Illinois > Chicago
Gemeinwesenbezogene Polizeiarbeit
Chicago, Ill.
Polícia (serviços;aspectos sociais)
Problemas sociais > Chicago (Ill.)
Política de segurança.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-341) and index.
ISBN:9780199889860
0199889864
9780199944033
0199944032
0195154584
9780195154580