Effect of Hot Spots Policing Strategies on Citizen-Officer Interactions (St. Louis, Missouri)
This is a combined intervention of two policing strategies in residential areas with high crime rates: problem-solving approach and selective patrolling. The objective is to improve civilian perceptions of policing and to encourage fair policing.
The problem-solving approach consists of four components:
1) Problem identification and selection;
2) Problem analysis and understanding;
3) Problem-oriented intervention; and
4) Problem impact assessment.