Introduction to policing. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven M. Cox, Western Illinois University, William P. McCamey, Western Illinois University, Gene L. Scaramella, Ellis University.
• Other Names: Cox, Steven M; McCamey, William; Scaramella, Gene L
• Contents: Foundations of policing -- Policing in America -- A brief history of police in the United States -- Police organization and administration : an overview -- Police operations -- Recruitment and selection of police officers -- Police training and education -- Police work : operations and functions -- Contemporary strategies in policing -- Police conduct -- The police culture and work stress -- Law, court decisions, and the police -- Discretion and ethics in policing -- Police misconduct and accountability -- Contemporary issues in policing -- Policing in a diverse society -- Technology and the police -- Transnational crime, white-collar crime, and terrorism -- Private police -- Looking ahead -- The future of policing in america -- .
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Subjects: 363.20973; Police -- United States; Community policing -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483321899; 1483321894
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.