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Community Policing: A Contemporary Perspective

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If the rating system would have allowed for 0 stars, that would be the rating. This book was required reading for my Sergeant promotional exam. As for content, the book actually said that officers should not arrest the drug dealers, but should work with them and help them find a job at McDonald's. More crap ideas follow. I realize that you're probably going to buy and read the book anyway because other agencies have been duped into using it for promotional exams. I just wanted to prepare you for the BS that you are about to be subjected to.

Also, the publisher/editor of this book needs to do some serious proofreading. I found over 70 errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Most of these should have been caught by simple spell check.

This book is terrible. It reads like The author copy/pasted works from other literature to force his hippy message of saving the country from police departments.

I had wanted and searched for the 5th edition, and the front cover on your website showed that it was. So when I received the book and it was the 4th edition I was very disappointed. I tried to get the seller to exchange the book for the correct edition, and even after they confirmed the discrepancy on the website they were unwilling to resolve the matter. So now I am stuck with the wrong book.

This text was required reading on a recent promotional exam. I had to memorize the reasons police are ineffective at fighting crime, how the Broken Windows theory is wrong, and how COMSTAT and the NYPD had nothing to do with the drop in the murder rate in NYC. If you believe that the police can do nothing about crime and should concentrate on fighting poverty and improving social conditions, this is the book for you. If you would like to learn about how to build rapport between a community and it's police force, go somewhere else. It made me angry to read this book, knowing that it is being forced upon police supervisors who have to memorize this information in order to suspend common sense and test well. If you think Dirty Harry carried a .357 (even the pop culture references are wrong) this is the book to buy.

Very good book. Provides an interesting insight into how you can help your community.