Community Policing and Problem Solving or Andrew Johnson

Community Policing and Problem Solving

Author: Kenneth J Peak

This fourth edition of Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices analyzes community-oriented policing and problem solving (COPPS) from an applied perspective. To do so—and continuing to distinguish this book from others—it showcases more than 50 exhibits (and provides dozens of additional case studies and examples) of problem solving in the field.

While providing updated information about crime in the United States, with particular emphasis placed on terrorism, new sections have also been added concerning rave parties, school bullying, street racing, burglar alarms, and 911 calls. Also newly addressed are adult- and problem-based learning. Chapter sections on such major problems as racial profiling and hate crimes have also been updated, and the chapter on the future has received a major revision.

COPPS is now in its third generation (as discussed in Chapter 1), enjoying widespread public acceptance and the attention of academicians who are publishing widely on the topic. While there is still some "devil's advocate" dialogue about COPPS (see Chapter 11), this fourth edition assumes that COPPS has "arrived" and applies this strategy to the real world with its thorough presentation of problems and solutions.

Table of Contents:

 1. The Evolution of Policing: Past Wisdom and Future Directions.


 2. A Nation in Flux: Changing People, Crime, and Policing.


 3. Attending to the “Customer”: Community Oriented Government.


 4. Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving: “COPPS.”


 5. Crime Prevention: For Safe Communities.


 6. Planning and Implementation: Translating Ideas Into Action.


 7. From Recruit to Chief: Changing the Agency Culture.


 8. Training for COPPS: Approaches and Challenges.


 9. Police in a Diverse Society.


10. New Strategies for Old Problems: COPPS on the Beat.


11. The “Devil's Advocate”: Addressing Concerns with COPPS.


12. Evaluating COPPS Initiatives.


13. Selected American Approaches.


14. In Foreign Venues: COPPS Abroad.


15. Looking Forward While Looking Back: The Future.


Appendix A: Award-winning Problem Solving Case Studies.


Appendix B: A Community Survey in Fort Collins, Colorado.


Appendix C: A Strategic Plan Survey in Portland, Oregon.


Index.

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Andrew Johnson, Vol. 17

Author: Don Nardo

Vice President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee was suddenly thrust into the presidency by the death of Abraham Lincoln. He was a Democrat, not a Republican like Lincoln and the majority of Congress. He was the only high-ranking Southerner in a government where only Northern states were represented. Soon he was at war with Congress. He hoped to readmit Southern states to the Union quickly, but Congress passed a harsher plan for military occupation of the South Refusing to compromise. Johnson vetoed bill after bill. Congress overrode his vetoes and restricted his power. When Johnson dismissed his secretary of war without Senate approval. Congress impeached him. After the frial, the Senate fell just one vote short of the required two-thirds majority to convict Johnson and remove him from office. He served out his term, but had lost the power and popular support to govern.