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AbstractThe key to safe communities lies in an interactive partnership between citizens and law enforcement. Citizens have a responsibility to report crimes and criminal activity — to be the eyes and ears of the police, on the ground, in communities. This essay discusses the relationship between neighborhood pride, civic responsibility, and public safety.

IN THREE IMPORTANT U.S. SUPREME COURT RULINGS RENDERED IN THE COURT'S TERM THAT CONCLUDED IN JUNE 1987, THE JUSTICES DECIDED ISSUES THAT MAY SIGNAL NEW LANDOWNER RIGHTS-ORIENTED PRECEDENTS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. IN AN ONGOING STRUGGLE ON VARIOUS FRONTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ENCOUNTER GROWING RESISTANCE FROM MUNICIPAL LAND-USE REGULATORS SEEKING TO SLOW THE GROWTH OF "SUBURBAN SPRAWL," WHICH THREATENS TO INUNDATE THE HIGHWAY, SEWAGE, WATER, AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE. GENERALLY, THE AMERICAN CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS TENDED TO FAVOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN RESOLVING THESE CONFLICTS. RECENTLY, HOWEVER, THE SUPREME COURT HAS INDICATED THAT THE DAYS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT'S CARTE BLANCHE TO CONTROL PLANNING AND ZONING WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES MAY BE NUMBERED. THE FOCAL POINT OF THE CONTROVERSY DEALS WITH JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF THE JUST COMPENSATION CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

To address crime, we must solve the social and economic problems facing the poor and minorities in our cities. Until the nation accepts this proposition, we can still work toward becoming more responsive, by refining the presently reactive role of police, among other initiatives. In Houston, police beats have been redesigned to reflect natural boundaries and officers have been assigned to specific neighborhoods on a permanent basis. Through the Directed Area Responsibility Team program, officers learn as much as they can about their neighborhoods and meet with community leaders. A complementary innovation, Project Oasis, assumes that, in a bad neighborhood, residents are good people who must take responsibility for local improvement, building on supportive services from government. In these and other new strategies in Houston, the use of community resources is the umbrella under which all policing activities are conducted.

It is argued that to address crime, the SE problems facing the Ur poor & minorities must be solved. As an initial step, society might become more responsive by refining the presently reactive role of police. In Houston, Tex, police beats have been redesigned to reflect natural boundaries & officers have been assigned to specific neighborhoods on a permanent basis. Through the Directed Area Responsibility Team program, officers learn as much as they can about their neighborhoods & meet with community leaders. A complementary innovation, Project Oasis, assumes that, in a bad neighborhood, residents are good people who must take responsibility for local improvement, building on supportive services from government. In these & other new strategies in Houston, the use of community resources is the umbrella under which all policing activities are conducted. HA

Abstracts As law enforcement agencies continue to increase their educational standards, it is incumbent upon colleges and universities to offer curricula that prepare policemen to meet the challenge of modern times Criminal justice programs should pave the way for innovation and change in the police establishment by producing well‐educated men, with a strong liberal arts background, capable of understanding self, community, and the role of the police in modem society.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Politics, Truth and Climate Change -- 1 Climate, Science and Truth -- 2 Politics and Climate Truth -- 3 One World, Two Visions -- Part II Politics, Truth and Military Intervention -- 4 Tyranny, Freedom, Democracy -- 5 Gendering Military Intervention -- 6 Drone Wars -- Part III Politics, Truth and the Global Financial Crisis -- 7 It's All Your Fault -- 8 Governing Greed -- 9 Who Mentioned the War? -- 10 Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Reports on a survey of 980 Chinese, 964 Venezuelan and 1,878 US managers, professionals and business students, to examine cross‐national differences in individualism‐collectivism, masculinity‐femininity, uncertainty avoidance, power distance, and paternalism. Provides a brief overview of each country's national characteristics. Describes the methodology used and analyses the data using multivariate analysis of variance. Records the findings for each of the categories measured – cultural values differ across the three nations but nothing startling or new is revealed. Advises that multinationals need to understand cross‐cultural values if they are to succeed in a global business environment.