Project Narrative: The problem-oriented approach to policing is only ten years old but has received wide endorsement. It has been called "a philosophical revolution" and "the cutting edge of policing" (Malcolm, 1989). Wilson and Kelling (1989) have written that the concept "constitutes the beginning of the most significant redefinition of police work in the past half century" (p. 48). James K. Stewart (1987) has noted that "the problem-solving approach to policing. • • represents a significant evolutionary step in helping law enforcement work smarter and not harder…”

Research Progrtam on Public Policy, Institute of Justice. U.S. 1990. 127 p.