The current crisis in policing can be traced to failures of reform.“Sparrow surely is right to condemn policing directed only at crime rates rather than community satisfaction.†–The New York Times Book ReviewIn the past two years; America has witnessed incendiary milestones in the poor relations between police and the African-American community: Ferguson; Baltimore; and more recently Baton Rouge; St. Paul; and Dallas.Malcolm Sparrow; who teaches at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and is a former British police detective; argues that other factors in the development of police theory and practice over the last twenty-five years have also played a major role in contributing to these tragedies and to a great many other cases involving excessive police force and community alienation.Sparrow shows how the core ideas of community and problem-solving policing have failed to thrive. In many police departments these foundational ideas have been reduced to mere rhetoric. The result is heavy reliance on narrow quantitative metrics; where police define how well they are doing by tallying up traffic stops; or arrests made for petty crimes.Sparrow’s analysis shows what it will take for police departments to escape their narrow focus and perverse metrics and turn back to making public safety and public cooperation their primary goals. Police; according to Sparrow; are in the risk-control business and need to grasp the fundamental nature of that challenge and develop a much more sophisticated understanding of its implications for mission; methods; measurement; partnerships; and analysis.
#1568800 in BooksColor: Red Cooper Square Press 2002-01-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.26 x 1.04 x 6.28l; 1.41 #File Name: 081541191X344 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Disturbing yet eye-openingBy A. LaneI started reading this for historical purposes; as I had heard that Hitler's anti-semitism began in his years in Vienna.This book does explain how that happened. However; the main lesson I learned from this book is the importance of forgiveness. This man; Hitler; was seething with resentment over every little bad thing that happened to him. As a result; he lived truly a miserable life; and caused grievous harm to untold millions because of it.So if you or anyone you know has trouble forgiving; this is the book to read. It makes one realize how true it was when Christ said that one could not enter the Kingdom of Heaven if one did not forgive!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating. Not only in its coverage of the hotbed ...By Eddi HaskellFascinating. Not only in its coverage of the hotbed that was Vienna at the turn of the 20th century; and the forces that contributed to the development of Hitler's psyche; but it coverage of other figures including Mahler; Freud; Trotsky; and Klimt- and the artistic and intellectual scene of Vienna; probably the most important city in the world for the arts at the time.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating Read!By Terry T.A most interesting read about a formative period in Adolf Hitler's life. Well written with useful and helpful footnotes. A fascinating look into the Vienna of that period.
