Library

Goldstein Awards

The Herman Goldstein Award recognizes outstanding police officers and police agencies that engage in innovative and effective problem-solving efforts and achieve measurable success in reducing specific crime, disorder, and public safety problems.

Situational Crime Prevention Evaluation Database

This is a scientifically selected collection of studies that assess the effectiveness of situational crime prevention for diverse problems, contexts and techniques. Many of the studies are available in full text.

CRISP reports: Connecting Research in Security to Practice

Published by the ASIS Foundation

Problem Solving Quarterly

Problem Solving Quarterly is a newsletter of the Police Executive Research Forum reporting on innovations in problem-oriented policing.

Glossary

Common POP terms defined.

Links

Web sites offering additional POP resources that we find useful.

Unpublished Documents

Search our archives of case studies, organizational plans, problem analysis tools and scholarly reports.

Recommended Readings

The core readings of problem oriented policing, many online and available for download from POP Center.

Special Manuals and Guides

Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers

Policing Terrorism: An Executive's Guide

Crime Prevention Studies

Crime Prevention Studies is published annually by Criminal Justice Press. Volumes 1-18 are available in full text. Selected chapters are also provided for other volumes. Abstracts of the entire series beginning in 1993 to the present are available.

Researcher-Assisted POP Projects

Experimenting with POP in Madison, Wisconsin

Applying POP in Charlotte, N.C.

Field applications of POP Guides

Other POP Projects