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Influenced by Herman Goldstein's Improving Policing: A Problem-Oriented Approach (1979), Toch (criminal justice, U. of Albany, State U. of New York) and Grant (Wright Institute; California Department of Corrections) present data and transcripts from the first empirical study of problem-oriented policing. They discuss the impact of this innovative approach, in which police act as researchers/change agents addressing problems on their beat. The foreword is by a trainer with the New York Police Department, who disagrees with the authors on some issues. This work should be of interest to social scientists, organizational experts, and community activists. The date of the first addition is not given. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
