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Cover title.
"DRAFT – November, 2006"--Cover.
"Discussion paper presented at the U.S. National Institute of Justice Police Research Planning Workshop (November 28 – 29, 2006, Washington, DC). This review draws upon material available in David L. Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga. (Eds.). 2006. Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press."--Cover.
Summary
"In response to rising crime rates and growing public dissatisfaction, police departments needed to improve their performance and innovation provided the opportunity to make these improvements. These innovations included community policing, "broken windows" policing, problem-oriented policing, "pulling levers" policing, third-party policing, hot spots policing, Compstat, and evidence-based policing. These strategies represented fundamental changes to the business of policing. However, as many police scholars and executives point out, improving police performance through innovation is often not straightforward. Police departments are highly resistant to change and police officers often experience difficulty in implementing new programs. The available evidence on key dimensions of police performance associated with these eight innovations, such as crime control effectiveness and community satisfaction with services provided, is also surprisingly limited. While the knowledge about the effects of these innovations on police performance is still developing, there is much reason for optimism about the future of policing."--Page 2.