The Effects of Problem-Oriented Policing on Crime and Disorder: A Systematic Review

By David Weisburd, J. Eck, Joshua C. Hinkle, Cody W. Telep. 2008

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Background: Problem-oriented policing (POP) was first introduced by Herman Goldstein who argued that police were not being effective in preventing and controlling crime because they had become too focused on the “means” of policing and had neglected the “goals” of preventing and controlling crime. Goldstein believed that the unit of analysis in policing must become the “problem” rather than calls or crime incidents. POP has had tremendous impact on American policing, and is now one of the most widely implemented policing strategies in the U.S. The goal of this study was to synthesize the extant problem-oriented policing evaluation literature and assess the effects of problem-oriented policing on crime and disorder using a Campbell Collaboration systematic review methodology 2 .

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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DOES WHAT POLICE DO AT HOT SPOTS MATTER? THE PHILADELPHIA POLICING TACTICS EXPERIMENT* (2015, background): “Most POP evaluations, however, suffer from weak designs (Weisburd and Eck, 2004; Weisburd et al., 2008).”
The Effects of Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime (2012, methodology): “Fourth, we searched bibliographies of narrative reviews of police crime prevention efforts (Braga 2008a; Sherman 2002; Weisburd and Eck 2004) and past completed Campbell systematic reviews of police crime prevention efforts (Braga 2007; Mazerolle, Soole, and Rombouts 2007; Weisburd et al. 2008).”