. Review of reviews and world's work . that the termina-tion of the discord may not contain thegerms of new conflicts, generated by such aterritorial encroachment. PREVENTIVE POLICING IN THE BIG CITIES EX-POLICE COMMISSIONER AR-THUR WOODS, recently head ofThe Finest, as the New York Police areoften called, in a series of articles in the NewYork Tribune, copyrighted by the PrincetonUniversity Press, discussessome new theories put inpractice under his adminis-tration for reducing crimeb y preventive measuresaimed at throttling crime atits source. He says that the essentialbasis of all good polic
. Review of reviews and world's work . that the termina-tion of the discord may not contain thegerms of new conflicts, generated by such aterritorial encroachment. PREVENTIVE POLICING IN THE BIG CITIES EX-POLICE COMMISSIONER AR-THUR WOODS, recently head ofThe Finest, as the New York Police areoften called, in a series of articles in the NewYork Tribune, copyrighted by the PrincetonUniversity Press, discussessome new theories put inpractice under his adminis-tration for reducing crimeb y preventive measuresaimed at throttling crime atits source. He says that the essentialbasis of all good police workis the men themselves, whomust be strong of body,stout of soul—sturdy, two-fisted specimens, knowinghow to hold themselves inrestraint even under severeprovocation, yet prompt andpowerful to act with forceand uncompromising vigorwhen only that will main-tain order and protect the law-abiding. PRESENT METHODS THE BASIS In discussing present police methods, as agroundwork for his more advanced ideas, hehas this to say: Apr.—7. ARTHUR H. WOODS A person with crime in his mind will hardlytry to commit it in sight of the policeman, and,other things being equal, he will get just as farfrom the policeman as he can before doing any-thing wrong. » . But however short a distancethe influence goes, and however weakly it oper-ates, it is restraining and pre-ventive. Conceivably, if therewere an alert, capable patrol-man on each city block, nocrime would be committed inour streets. Such police per-vasiveness would be a fairlysure preventive of street hold-ups, of pocket picking, unlessthe crowd should be largeenough to give friendly shel-ter ; of highway robbery,stealing from trucks and de-livery or express wagons, andother forms of crime that aredone in the open. Adequate policing of thestreets cannot, however, be ex-pected to prevent all sorts ofcrime. The regular uniformed pa-trol is always supplementedhy a detective force, whichalso exerts a preventive influence, although de-t
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