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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.

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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.

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CRISP reports: Connecting Research in Security to Practice

Published by the ASIS Foundation

• Strategies to Detect and Prevent Workplace Dishonesty
• Preventing Gun Violence in the Workplace
• Lost Laptops = Lost Data: Measuring Costs, Managing Threats

Problem Solving Quarterly

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

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Recommended Readings

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

• Background Reading on POP and its Implementation
• Readings on Situational Crime Prevention
• Problem-Solving Tools

Special Manuals and Guides

Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers

• Online / English Version
• U.S. English (60 steps)
• U.K. English (55 steps)
• Multiple language versions

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.

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Researcher-Assisted POP Projects

Experimenting with POP in Madison, Wisconsin

• Vol. I The Problem-Oriented Approach to Improving Policing Service
• Vol. II: The Drinking Driver
• Vol. III: Repeat Sex Offenders
• Vol. IV: Reflections on the Process

Applying POP in Charlotte, N.C.

• Construction-Site Thefts
• Thefts From Cars in Parking Facilities

Field applications of POP Guides

• Burglary of Single-Family Houses in Savannah, Georgia
• Drug Dealing in Apartment Complexes in Newark, N.J.
• Loud Car Stereos in Savannah, Georgia
• Street Prostitution in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Residential Speeding in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Theft of and from Autos in Parking Facilities in Chula Vista, California

Other POP Projects

• The Problem Oriented Approach: Four Pilot Studies - London Metropolitan Police