09728. A MODEL FOR EFFECTIVE POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS: THE PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH. Argues that good police-community relations are integral to an effective criminal justice system. Factors which stimulated the need for community-oriented policing and examples of the range of community-oriented approaches now under consideration are analyzed. Concludes with an argument for the adoption of a problem-solving community-oriented approach, explaining its objectives, components, and implications. 10 pages, 27 footnotes, 12 bibliographic sources.