Police Organizations and Problem-Solving Strategies for Juvenile Intervention: Identifying Crucial Elements

The implementation of community policing and problem-solving strategies at the start of the 21st century has permeated the institution of policing in the United States such that there is near-universal desire for police managers to be associated with these ideas (Skogan and Hartnett, 1997). Part of the ethos of community policing, by some measures (Bayley, 1994), is that the agency no longer operates alone but builds partnerships to confront problems within the community. These partnerships can include mental health services, building inspectors, community groups, and other actors focused on particular facets of the community and its problems.