NYPD Battles Crimes: Innovative Strategies in Policing

by Eli B. Silverman

Book Overview

In the last five years, New York City has experienced the nation's most dramatic reduction in crime. While the New York Police Department is receiving extensive publicity and praise as the key agent for the sharp decline, many experts downplay the NYPD's role, arguing instead that prevailing social, economic, and demographic conditions are the primary reasons for the unprecedented drop in crime rates.

This timely book informs the debate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555534015
• ISBN13: 9781555534011
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Everyone should read this book

I envy the students of Law, Criminal Justice etc. who will be using Dr. Silverman's book as a text book. It is a very well written, exciting account of how the largest police departement in the world used enlightened management techiques and a sophisticated computer system to drastically reduce crime in New York City. Business students and corporate managers can benefit from reading the book as well.The Deming-like management techniques used by the NYPD would benefit any organization.This book is for anyone who wants to be well informed.

Must-read

NYPD Battles Crime is a scholarly review of a process that not only affected New York City but is being adopted by many other police departments. Prof. Silverman has "insider" access, and gives the reader a detailed view of the politics behind the procedures. This book is also a fascinating look at the way change is implimented in a large organization. I have put NYPD Battles Crime on the reading list for my classes--it is a "must-read" for anyone who is interested in current trends in the criminal justice profession.

An Inside View

Professor Silverman's presents an excellent account of the crime reduction (especially the reduction of murders) attained by the NYPD in the middle and late 1990's. Professor Silverman, while working with the NYPD and researching the crime reduction phenomena as an objective scholar, details the external historical factors and broad organizational policy changes of the NYPD which led to the dramatic crime reduction. A must read for policing policy makers and academics alike.

Fundimental to understanding contemporary policing and crime

It's rare for an scholarly work to be so timely. Lay and academic readers alike will learn a great deal about the capacity for organizational change to aid in the reduction of crime. A fair, thorough and a non-ideological look at policing in NYC.

Crime Fighting in Our Nation

This research book about the inner workings of the New York Police Department and how they brought down the crime rate is very well written. It is a good read whether you are a professional crime fighter or a lay person like myself. If you live in a community whose crime rate is exceptionally high, there are ideas in this book that you can explore with your local police officials and politicians. If you live in an area where the crime rate has dropped, it is probably because your community has embraced the concepts of the New York Police Department that Professor Silverman covers so brilliantly.