NYPD Battles Crime: Innovative Strategies in Policing
In the last five years, New York City has experienced the nation's most dramatic reduction in crime. While the New York Police Department is receiving extensive publicity and praise as the key agent for the sharp decline, many experts downplay the NYPD's role, arguing instead that prevailing social, economic, and demographic conditions are the primary reasons for the unprecedented drop in crime rates.\ This timely book informs the debate by detailing how innovative strategies adopted in 1994...
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An in-depth examination of the New York Police Department and its striking success in fighting crime. Booknews Analyzes the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) high-tech crime fighting strategy, Compstat, and examines 25 years of change and leadership at NYPD, revealing that the Compstat crime control process is not an instant organizational turnaround but instead is the result of a gradual process of organizational change and leadership redirection. Of interest to students of policing and organizational management. Silverman is a professor of law, police science, and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
1Jumping the Turnstile32The Pre-1984 NYPD: Reform and Resistance213The NYPD: 1984-1994454New Faces of 1994675Enter COMPSTAT976100 Palmetto Street1257Brooklyn Bound1478New Skyline179Appendix ANYPD Strategy Documents205Notes207Index233
\ BooknewsAnalyzes the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) high-tech crime fighting strategy, Compstat, and examines 25 years of change and leadership at NYPD, revealing that the Compstat crime control process is not an instant organizational turnaround but instead is the result of a gradual process of organizational change and leadership redirection. Of interest to students of policing and organizational management. Silverman is a professor of law, police science, and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
