@article{ref1,
title="Who ya gonna call? The police as problem-busters",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="1987",
author="Eck, John E. and Spelman, William",
volume="33",
number="1",
pages="31-52",
abstract="Current police practice is dominated by two, competing strategiesó&quot;community policing&quot; and &quot;crime control policing.&quot; Both are limited: they each apply a standard set of police tactics to a wide variety of differing circumstances; they focus on incidents, rather than the underlying problems which cause these incidents. Recently, two police departments have developed an alternative. Through &quot;problem-oriented policing,&quot; officers focus on these underlying causes. They collect information from numerous sources, and enlist the support of a wide variety of public and private agencies and individuals in their attempts to solve problems. Case studies in these departments show that use of the problem-oriented approach can substantially reduce crime and fear. In the long run, problem-oriented policing will require changes in management structure, the role of the police in the community and the city bureaucracy, and the limits of police authority. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Crime and Delinquency, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by SAGE Publications)Community BasedCommunity PolicingLaw Enforcement InterventionLaw Enforcement PreventionPolice Community RelationsPolice InterventionPolice PreventionCrime PreventionCrime Intervention06-07<p />",
language="",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}