Policing Problem Places: Crime Hot Spots and Effective Prevention, part of Oxford University Press's Studies in Crime and Public Policy series (Michael Tonry and Norval Morris, editors) is best understood as a summary of the existing research regarding geographically focused or ‘hot spots’ policing. While the book offers few new insights for readers familiar with the original research, this is the first time the research on hot spots has been collected and presented as one coherent whole.