Download or read book Crime Reduction and Problem-oriented Policing written by Karen Bullock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem-oriented policing has been one of the most significant new approaches to policing and crime reduction in the UK in recent years. Drawing upon the main findings of the government's Crime Reduction Programme, this book aims to provide an overview of the government's Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole, and to indicate what was learned from efforts to address the specific problems targeted in the evaluated initiatives.