Zero Tolerance Policing [Hardcover]

Zero Tolerance Policing is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the police, crime prevention, community safety and order maintenance. It is a highly significant text, providing the reader with a more informed understanding of the many issues involved. With chapters from eminent practitioners and academics, and based on a combination of practical experience and extensive research, each chapter examines a key issue involved in zero tolerance policing. Subjects under discussion include current initiatives in both the UK and US, problem-oriented policing, community reaction, the implications for civil liberties of a true zero tolerance approach, and the problems of begging and vagrancy.Introducing Zero Tolerance; R.Hopkins Burke A Contextualisation of Zero Tolerance Policing Strategies; R.Hopkins Burke A Question of Confidence: Zero Tolerance and Problem-Oriented Policing; T.Romeanes Zero Tolerance Policing: Striking the Right Balance, Rights and Liberties; J.Wadham Below Zero Tolerance: The New York Experience; E.B.Silverman Policing the Excluded Society; C.Crowther Begging, Vagrancy and Disorder; R.Hopkins Burke 'The Slide the Ashes': An Antidote to Zero Tolerance; B.Knights Concluding Remarks; R.Hopkins Burke

'This timely volume examines the different dimensions of zero tolerance policing strategies and considers the best ways of promoting crime prevention, public safety and the policing of different communities.' - Professor Dick Hobbs, University of Durham, UK

ROGER HOPKINS BURKE is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies at the Scarman Centre for the Study of Public Order, University of Leicester, UK.