This work aims to provide an overview of the UK government's Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole, to describe findings about the adoption of a problem-solving approach, and to indicate what was learned from efforts to address the specific problems targeted in the evaluated initiatives.

This book makes an important contribution to the literature on problem-oriented policing, a discipline of increasing importance in crime reduction policy and practice.

Special Constables are warranted officers retained within British constabularies. Wearing similar uniforms, carrying the same personal protective equipment and holding identical powers to enforce the criminal law, Special Constables are to all intents and purposes indistinguishable from their colleagues in the regular police service. However, very little is documented about the experiences and motivations of Special Constables, the roles they play in contemporary policing or the impact that they have on the police organization.

This book draws together academics and practitioners to...