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Author(s) affiliated with: Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University; George Mason University, Administration of Justice Department; University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati.
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Résumé
Problem-oriented Policing (POP) was first introduced by Herman Goldstein in 1979. The approach was one of a series of responses to a crisis in effectiveness and legitimacy in policing that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Goldstein 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 and other community problems. Goldstein argued that the unit of analysis in policing must become the "problem" rather than calls or crime incidents as was the case during that period. POP has had tremendous impact on American policing, and is now one of the most widely implemented policing strategies in the US.