Police and Community in Chicago: A Tale of Three Cities

by Wesley G. Skogan

Book Overview

In the early 1990s, Chicago, the nation's third largest city, instituted the nation's largest community policing initiative. Wesley G. Skogan here provides the first comprehensive evaluation of that citywide program, examining its impact on crime, neighborhood residents, and the police. Based on the results of a thirteen-year study, including interviews, citywide surveys, and sophisticated statistical analyses, Police and Community in Chicago reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195154584
• ISBN13: 9780195154580
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"