Kelly Dedel. Animal Cruelty. Shutterstock, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, 2012.

The Problem-Specific Guides summarize knowledge about how police can reduce the harm caused by specific crime and disorder problems. They are guides to prevention and to improving the overall response to incidents, not to investigating offenses or handling specific incidents. Neither do they cover all of the technical details about how to implement specific responses. The guides are written for police of whatever rank or assignment-who must address the specific problem the guides cover.