Problem-Oriented Policing and Crime Prevention by Anthony Allan Braga

Problem-Oriented Policing and Crime Prevention by Anthony Allan Braga

Instead of simply reacting to crimes once they've been committed, can police agencies learn how to prevent offenses from occurring? This comprehensive analysis demonstrates how an emerging problem-oriented policing approach is proving effective in preventing a wide range of criminal activities.

..Anthony Braga synthesizes [POP] literature in a way that communicates clearly to police practitioners and to other interested parties. And he has the direct experience of having had a key role in one of the most ambitious efforts ... aimed at addressing a specific problem youth gun violence in Boston." —Prof. Herman Goldstein, University of Wisconsin Law School

Anthony A. Braga, Ph.D. currently serves as the Chief Policy Advisor to the Boston Police Commissioner, and he is a Senior Research Associate in the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and in the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice at the University of California, Berkeley's Boalt Hall Law School. He has served as a consultant on problem-oriented policing strategies to the U.S. Department of Justice and the police departments in Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York City, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Oakland and San Francisco, among other agencies. He was a core member of the Boston Gun Project/Operation Ceasefire working group, which was responsible for designing a highly effective strategy to reduce youth homicide in Boston.

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ISBN 13	9781881798781
ISBN 10	188179878X
Title	Problem-Oriented Policing and Crime Prevention
Author	Anthony Allan Braga
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Year published	2008-07-30
Number of pages	242
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