Community policing in a rural setting [ebook] / Quint C. Thurman, Edmund F. McGarrell.
The authors provide stepping stones for rural and small-town agencies to make the organizational changes needed for community policing to take hold. The book introduces the concept of community policing and its many benefits to the agencies and communities that adopt it. Important issues discussed include the challenge of organizational change, as well as examples of community policing obstacles and successes, and the future of community policing in the 21st century.
13 Problem-Solving Auto Theft in Unincorporated Hillsborough County, Florida14 Innovative Community Crime Prevention: An Overview of the Mountlake Terrace Neutral Zone-AmeriCorps Program; Section IV: Rural Community Policing and the Future; 15 Future Challenges: The Urbanization of Rural America; Appendix A: Police Department Employee Survey Instrument; Appendix B: Police Department Employee Focus Group Questionnaire; Appendix C: Community Survey Instrument; Appendix D: Community Focus Group Questionnaire; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors
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