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The Crime Fighter: How You Can Make Your Community Crime Free Paperback – October 17, 2000

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Former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple was a man in a bow tie and homburg--he was also on a mission to revolutionize the way crime is fought: how cops go after crooks, and how they prevent crime in the first place. And he succeeded.

But Maple is not satisfied. In The Crime Fighter, he shows how crime can be attacked all across America. Laced with fascinating, incredible, and often very funny tales of Maple's adventures as a cop, the book is as entertaining as it is informative. Anyone interested in how criminals think and act, and how the police should do their jobs, will devour this absorbing book.
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"Maple will leave you cheering as he scores victories over hack police brass, cheap politicians, and most importantly for the rest of us, himself. Book him."
-- Dennis Hamill,
New York Daily News Columnist, Author of Three Quarters and Throwing 7's

"Cops and crooks--nobody knows them better than Jack Maple; and nobody has ever told their story quite like the 'Jackster.' He's been where the truth is stranger than fiction, and The Crime Fighter puts you right beside him."
-- William J. Bratton, Former New York City Police Commissioner

"Jack Maple is the people's cop. He has spent his life making all our lives safer. It's all in this book. A great read and a manual for policing in the new millennium."
-- Terry George and Jim Sheridan, Writers/Directors
In the Name of the Father, Some Mother's Son, The Boxer

"Jack Maple is this country's outstanding thinker about fighting crime in our cities. Anyone concerned with making our cities safer should read this very important, very practical, and very witty book."
-- John F. Timoney, Police Commissioner,Philadelphia Police Department

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Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple was a man in a bow tie and homburg--he was also on a mission to revolutionize the way crime is fought: how cops go after crooks, and how they prevent crime in the first place. And he succeeded.

But Maple is not satisfied. In The Crime Fighter, he shows how crime can be attacked all across America. Laced with fascinating, incredible, and often very funny tales of Maple's adventures as a cop, the book is as entertaining as it is informative. Anyone interested in how criminals think and act, and how the police should do their jobs, will devour this absorbing book.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0767905547
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown (October 17, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780767905541
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0767905541
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.62 x 8.5 inches
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Customers find the book an enjoyable and informative read with well-written content. They appreciate the author's explanation of Compstat and engaging stories from Maple's career as a detective for the NY Transit.

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"Growing up in New Jersey, I enjoyed reading this book! Recommend it no matter where you grew up! Interesting & fast moving!" Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2003
    Engaging stories from Maple's career as a detective for
    the NY Transit Police, deputy commissioner of NYPD, and
    consultant to Newark, Philadelphia, and New Orleans police
    departments make this a very interesting read. The fact
    that the problems and solutions discussed are relevant to
    other cities - not just NYC - broadens the appeal of this
    book. While some of the principles will apply to smaller
    police jurisdictions, the context of all examples is with
    large cities.

    The subtitle "How You Can Make Your Community Crime-Free"
    is a bit misleading, as this book is really about how the
    police can make your community crime-free. Deploying
    resources based on analysis of crime tracking, holding
    commanders accountable for reducing crime in their
    districts, auditing against falsifying crime reports
    to artificially improve statistics, having "cold case
    squads" take over unsolved cases, interrogation strategy,
    rooting out bad cops, and respect for citizens are
    among the many topics covered.

    I chose to read this book because the author, Jack Maple,
    was an interesting character in the book Turnaround by
    William Bratton; Bratton shook up several underperforming
    police departments including the NYPD and Maple was key
    player on his "dream team."
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2021
    Growing up in New Jersey, I enjoyed reading this book! Recommend it no matter where you grew up! Interesting & fast moving!
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
    Good read and informative
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018
    The book was great. Along with it I ordered William Bratton's book: Turn Around and John Timony's book: Top Cop. All three of them together are who made the greatest impact on crime in the mid-90's in NYC and then traveled the world bringing their war on crime.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2000
    Jack Maple's book on fighting crime has voice. As I read it, I could hear Mr. Maple tell the story. The story he tells is one of how New York City reduced crime in the 1990s. The reason is Jack Maple. Maple describes in several well-told anecdotes his experiences as a transit cop and later deputy commissioner of the force. He describes stupid crooks and brilliant ones. He describes good cops and bad cops. He describes good police policy and bad police policy. He makes it all entertaining. He doesn't give Mayor Gulliani credit for the reduction in crime, he slyly gives it to himself. He also describes his later experiences in New Orleans and how the same principles applied to reduce crime there as well. What does he do? He mostly introduced common sense things with a lot of communication and a lot of follow-up. Like any good story, it is in the telling.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2022
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2022
    Jack Maple is a legend who knows and understands what it means to be a cop. His plan works! Maybe if more people would understand what this book is all about, every community and city in this country would become prosperous beyond their wildest expectations.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2018
    Jack Maple changed policing forever. His ideas and strategies which have been adopted by police departments across the country and world have saved tens of thousands of lives. This book puts you inside his head and shows you how he did it. Definitely worth the read.

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  • steve black
    5.0 out of 5 stars The unknown star who designed the system that radically reduced crime in NY
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2020
    Rudolf Giuliani and Bill Bratton are often credited with the radical reduction in crime that happened in New York after 1994. And the theory of what worked is often described–not least by Giuliani–as "Broken Windows Theory".

    But broken windows theory is mostly nonsense. And it was bratton's deputy, Jack Maple that designed the actual system that did work.

    This is the book where he describes the the detail of those steps to lower crime. It is both a fascinating story and told in a highly-readable swashbuckling style. It is also a very important and far-too-little-known account of how to make public services better (not least because he shows how it did work in other cities even ones where the police had far fewer resources than they did in New York).
  • irene reilly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2015
    very good book