Book contents
- Police Innovation
- Police Innovation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Community Policing
- Part II Procedural Justice Policing
- Part III Broken Windows Policing
- Part IV Problem–Oriented Policing
- Part V Pulling Levers (Focused Deterrence) Policing
- Part VI Third–Party Policing
- Part VII Hot Spots Policing
- 13 Advocate
- 14 Critic
- Part VIII Predictive Policing
- Part IX CompStat
- Part X Evidence-Based/ Risk-Focused Policing
- Part XI Technology Policing
- Index
- References
14 - Critic
The Limits of Hot Spots Policing
from Part VII - Hot Spots Policing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 August 2019
- Police Innovation
- Police Innovation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Community Policing
- Part II Procedural Justice Policing
- Part III Broken Windows Policing
- Part IV Problem–Oriented Policing
- Part V Pulling Levers (Focused Deterrence) Policing
- Part VI Third–Party Policing
- Part VII Hot Spots Policing
- 13 Advocate
- 14 Critic
- Part VIII Predictive Policing
- Part IX CompStat
- Part X Evidence-Based/ Risk-Focused Policing
- Part XI Technology Policing
- Index
- References
Summary
I begin this chapter with a brief acknowledgement of the potential benefits of hot spot policing, followed by a serious critique. The thesis of this paper is that, while the concept of hot spots policing is attractive, we should be concerned about how scholars have narrowly defined it in theory and research and how police organizations have narrowly practiced it. While recent experimental tests have improved the situation, in general, the practice of hot spots policing has failed to embody the fundamental principles of problem-oriented policing, community policing and procedural justice, which many scholars believe represent the basic pillars of “good policing” in the twenty-first century. Too often, place-based or hot spots policing fails to specify innovative strategies or tactics for police officers once they arrive at hot spots and the hot spots themselves are poorly specified. Consequently, the reliance on conventional enforcement tactics can lead to collateral damage to the community, especially people of color and those of low income.
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- Police InnovationContrasting Perspectives, pp. 314 - 344Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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