The Problem-Oriented Policing and Fear of Crime Authors

We can define fear of crime as an emotional reaction characterized by a sense of danger and anxiety produced by the threat of crime. The dynamics of fear of crime is a multi-faceted phenomenon, but you cannot say that all type of it is considered as a treat. Analyzing and reducing fear of crime is increasingly considered to be a police task in lots of countries. There are three kind of policing: classical, community based and Problem-Oriented Policing. Problem-Oriented Policing (POP), coined by Herman Goldstein, is a policing strategy that involves the identification and analysis of specific crime and disorder problems, in order to develop effective response strategies. For years police focused on the “means” of policing rather than it’s “ends”. Goldstein called to replace what he termed the reactive, incident-driven “standard model of policing”. Based on this theory SARA model for problem solving was expanded. In SARA, “Scanning” is the first step and require police identifying and prioritizing potential problems in their jurisdiction. Second step is analyzing the problem. The third step, response, has the police develop and implement interventions designed to rectify the problems. The final step is assessment, which involves evaluating the impact of the response and what good has been accomplished. In this article it was tried to look at the problem of fear of crime with this approach.