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The Reinvention of Policing - Crime Prevention, Community, and Public Safety
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The Reinvention of Policing - Crime Prevention, Community, and Public Safety
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Contemporary policing is in crisis, a situation that has led to
persistent calls to reform it. Unfortunately, many proposed
solutions focus on piecemeal changes that ignore a fundamental
problem—policing relies on a largely reactive approach that does
not in any systematic or comprehensive way focus on crime
prevention. Most of what the police do, such as responding to 911
calls for service and employing directed patrols or hot spots
policing, fails to address the causes of crime. Compounding this
problem is the absence of any institution or agency charged with
prioritizing the prevention of crime and for ensuring that police
efforts support this goal. Kelly and Mears argue that a better
strategy exists, one that places responsibility on the police and
other governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations
for truly preventing crime. Why, historically, did crime prevention
not take hold and infuse policing? One reason is a design
flaw—the vision of policing centered too much on surveillance and
too little on efforts that target the diverse causes of crime. The
end result? Contemporary policing lacks any institutionalized
commitment or systematic approach to crime prevention. It is
designed to fail. The Reinvention of Policing diagnoses this
problem, along with many others, in American policing. Then the
authors turn to solutions. First, they call for a great many
reforms to existing practices. Second, they call for a reinvention
of the design and focus of policing and, concomitantly, the way
that states, cities, and towns approach public safety. This change
presents special challenges, but it is the only way to create an
appreciable impact in reducing crime and improving justice.
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