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Model POP Curriculum - Detailed Syllabus

• Fundamental Objectives of Policing and the Primary Police Functions
• A Brief History of Policing
• Policing Styles and Strategies
  • Types of Patrol
  • Broken Windows Theory
  • One Traditional Police Response - The Benefits and Consequences of Police Crackdowns

• The Early History of Community Policing
• Community Policing – An Overview
• Community Oriented Policing versus Problem Oriented Policing (or COP and POP?)

• POP and the History of POP
• Defining a Problem
• Key Elements of POP
• Why Use POP Today?

Recommended Video

1. Sam Walker’s Interview of Herman Goldstein (70 minutes); Available for viewing or downloading at www.popcenter.org/learning/goldstein_interview/.

• The SARA Process
• Problem Solving Case Studies

• The Problem Analysis Triangle
• Routine Activities Theory
• Crime Pattern Theory
• Rational Choice Theory
• 10 Principles of Crime Opportunity

• An Overview of Situational Crime Prevention
• Problem Oriented Policing and Situational Crime Prevention
• 25 Techniques of Situational Crime Prevention

• Identifying and Researching a Problem
• Using Available Research Tools

• Problem Specific Guides for Police - Problem Solving Guides Overview; About the Guide Series
• Response Guides
• Problem Solving Tools Guides
• Award Winning Problem Solving Projects; Goldstein Award Winners; Tilley Awards

Online Exercise

1. Street Prostitution Module – Accessed at http://www.popcenter.org/learning/prostitution/intro/.

• Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers in 60 Small Steps PDF

Online Exercise

1. Problem Analysis Module (PAM)

• Hot Spots
• Risky Facilities
• Crime Prevention Trough Environmental Design
• Displacement and Displacement Theory
• Closing Streets and Alleys to Reduce Crime

Examples of Place-focused POP Guides for Use in This Module

• Assaults in and Around Bars
• Robbery at ATMs
• Burglary of Retail Establishments
• School Vandalism
• Disorder at Budget Motels
• Speeding in Residential Areas
• Drug Dealing in Open Air Markets
• Video Surveillance of Public Places

• Thinking and Acting Like an Offender
• Using Offender Interviews to Inform Police Problem Solving
• An Example of an Offender-Based Response – The Boston Gun Project: Operational Cease Fire

Examples of Offender-focused POP Guides for Use in This Module

• Bullying in Schools
• Panhandling
• Disorderly Youth in Public Places
• Street Prostitution
• Drunk Driving
• Underage Drinking
• Gun Violence among Serious Young Offenders

• Analyzing Repeat Victimization
• Understanding Your Local Repeat Victimization Pattern
• Responding to Repeat Victimization

Examples of Target/Victim-focused POP Guides for Use in this Module

• Acquaintance Rape of College Students
• Identity Theft
• Bomb Threats
• Robbery of Taxi Drivers
• Crimes against Tourists
• Runaway Juveniles
• Child Pornography
• Stalking
• Exploitation of Trafficked Women

• Assessment and Evaluation - Assessing Responses to Problems
• Conducting Community Surveys PDF

Examples of Useful Tool Guides for Use in this Module

• Forming and Sustaining Partnerships with Businesses
• Crime Prevention Publicity Campaigns

• Time - The 4th (missing) Dimension of the Problem Analysis Triangle
• Barriers to Implementation
• Shifting and Sharing Responsibility for Public Safety Problems
• Some Major Impediments to Further POP Implementation and Progress