Problem-oriented policing

Problem-oriented policing (POP), coined by <a href="/facts/University_of_Wisconsin%25E2%2580%2593Madison/Rfj54YvS">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a> professor <a href="/facts/Herman_Goldstein/MLXywX7o">Herman Goldstein</a>, is a policing strategy that involves the identification and analysis of specific <a href="/facts/Crime/BfoRzbL3">crime</a> and <a href="/facts/Civil_disorder/etb1LJfJ">disorder</a> problems, in order to develop effective response strategies. POP requires police to identify and target underlying problems that can lead to crime. Goldstein suggested it as an improvement on the reactive, incident-driven "standard model of policing". 
Goldstein's 1979 model was expanded in 1987 by John E. Eck and William Spelman into the <a href="/facts/Scanning%2c_Analysis%2c_Response%2c_and_Assessment/MnrBWRG5">Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment</a> (SARA) model for problem-solving. This strategy places more emphasis on <a href="/facts/Research/mo8joeTL">research</a> and analysis as well as <a href="/facts/Crime_prevention/BNsw5Pqs">crime prevention</a> and the engagement of public and private <a href="/facts/Organization/CR83f1Rn">organizations</a> in the reduction of community problems.
A <a href="/facts/Systematic_review/dGvq3BGx">systematic review</a> of this model, based on 34 randomized control trials and quasi-experimental studies, found that problem-oriented policing is effective at reducing crime and disorder, but had a limited effect on police legitimacy and fear of crime. There is also the risk of overreach, corruption, and abuse of authority, when officers interfere before crimes have actually occurred.

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