The Problem with Crime Problem-Solving: Towards a Second Generation Pop?
Journal article, 2020
In his 2018 Stockholm prize winner lecture, Goldstein highlighted the need for problem-oriented policing (POP) to be not only effective but also fair. Contributing to the development of POP, this study examines how a wider perspective on problem-solving generally, and scoping in particular, can be adopted to address some of the growing challenges in 21st century policing. We demonstrate that the concept of ‘problem’ was too narrowly defined and that, as a result, many problem-solving models found in criminology are ill-structured to minimize the negative side-effects of interventions and deliver broader benefits. Problem-solving concepts and models are compared across disciplines and recommendations are made to improve POP, drawing on examples in architecture, conservation science, industrial ecology and ethics.
Author
Hervé Borrion
University of the Arts London
University College London (UCL)
Dalal Alrajeh
Imperial College London
Aiduan Li Borrion
University College London (UCL)
Paul Ekblom
University College London (UCL)
Daniel Koch
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Aidan Keane
University of Edinburgh
Timothy Mitchener-Nissen
Trilateral Research
Sonia Toubaline
Université Paris-Dauphine
British Journal of Criminology
0007-0955 (ISSN) 1464-3529 (eISSN)
Vol. 60 1 219-240Subject Categories
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Architecture
Law and Society
DOI
10.1093/bjc/azz029