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The New Policing, Philip B. Heymann
The New Policing, Philip B. Heymann
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article explores new forms of policing in New York, Chicago, and Boston. These cities developed new policing strategies that each involves a different combination of problem solving and new forms of "community policing". The article explores whether these developments resulted in crime reduction and changes in belief in the efficacy of policing. The article concludes by considering the costs of the resulting increased security - reduction in democratic control of policing and increased risk to civil liberties.
How Do We Reduce Crime And Preserve Human Decency? The Role Of Leadership In Policing For A Democratic Society, Benjamin B. Tucker
How Do We Reduce Crime And Preserve Human Decency? The Role Of Leadership In Policing For A Democratic Society, Benjamin B. Tucker
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This essay cautions that the successes in crime reduction cannot be sustained unless police-community relations improve. The essay discusses progress and development in law enforcement, documents the innovative rise in community policing, and concludes with suggestions on how to improve police-community tension, particularly tension between law enforcement and minority communities.
Urban Holism: The Empowerment Zone And Economic Development In Atlanta, Honorable William Campbell
Urban Holism: The Empowerment Zone And Economic Development In Atlanta, Honorable William Campbell
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article focuses on the 1990s renaissance in Atlanta, a time where the rate of violent crime was at the lowest it had been in years and the population was growing for the first time in thirty years. It focuses on three specific explanations of the renaissance: the holistic approach to development, the Empowerment Zone, the community policing program, and the reinvention of public housing. The holistic approach involves an interplay of both the public and private sectors of the city, with no singular method used to revitalize the inner city communities. The Empowerment Zone, a plan created by President …
New Strategies For Combatting Crime In New York City, William J. Bratton
New Strategies For Combatting Crime In New York City, William J. Bratton
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Lecture by the Commissioner of the New York Police Department. Remarks focused on why crime came down in New York City. It traces the history of policing before the 1970s, when police departments began to professionalize and the advent of community policing in the 1990s.
Needed: A Community Experiment In Problem-Oriented Justice, Felice Kirby, Michael Clark, Tim Wall
Needed: A Community Experiment In Problem-Oriented Justice, Felice Kirby, Michael Clark, Tim Wall
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This essay examines some of the problems widely perceived to exist within the criminal justice system. Our experience is that when both the community and the police communicate and become more involved with each other, notable successes have transpired. The strategy of community policing affords the police agency, and through it the community at large, a chance for problem-solving every time an officer responds to an incident. This is in contrast to what is now considered traditional policing, whereby a 911 operator, removed from the scene of the incident, dispatches officers and then urges them to move on as soon …