Introduction to policing. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: STEVEN M. COX, Western Illinois University, DAVID C. MASSEY, Ocean Pines Police, Wor Wic Community College, CONNIE M. KOSKI, Longwood University, BRIAN D. FITCH, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Woodbury University, California State University, Fullerton.
• Authors: Cox, Steven M; (Chief of police), Massey, David; Koski, Connie M
• Contents: Part I: Foundations of Policing; Chapter 1: Policing in the United States; The Concept and Mandate of the Police; Scope of the Law Enforcement Sector; A Changing Landscape; A Changing Workforce; Additional Types of Police/Security; Chapter 2: A Brief History of Police; English Roots of Policing; The Evolution of Early U.S. Policing; The Political Era; The Reform Era; The Era of Social Upheaval (1960s and 1970s); The Community-Policing Era (1980-2000); The Homeland Security Era (2001-Present); Some Contemporary Policing Strategies; Policing in the Past, Present, and Future; Chapter 3: Police Organization and Administration; Organizational Structures; Police Militarization; Operations Division; Organizational Substructures; Handling Change in Police Organizations; Police Unions and Collective Bargaining; Police Professionalism; Part II: Police Operations; Chapter 4: Recruitment and Selection of Police Officers; The Importance of Recruitment and Selection; Antidiscrimination Legislation; Entry-Level Recruitment and Selection; Testing of Candidates; Supervisory Recruitment and Selection; Recruitment and Selection of Police Chiefs; Chapter 5: Police Training and Education; Police Education; Research on College Education and Police Performance; Police Training; Types of Training; Challenges; Chapter 6: Police Work- Operations and Functions; Base Police Functions; Styles of Policing; Patrol Strength and Allocation; Other Types of Patrol; Evaluating Patrol; Evaluating Police Performance; Police and the Media; Chapter 7: Contemporary Strategies in Policing; Community Policing; Problem-Oriented Policing; Research on Community- and Problem-Oriented Policing; Criticism of Community Policing; The Current Status of COP and POP; Innovations in Policing Strategies; Part III: Police Conduct; Chapter 8: The Police Culture and Work Stress; What is Culture?; Analyzing Police Subculture; Types of Stresses in Police Work; Effects and Consequences of Police Stress; Police Shootings and Critical Incidents; Counteracting Police Stress; Chapter 9: Law, Court Decisions, and the Police; The 1st Amendment; The 2nd Amendment; The 4th Amendment; The 5th Amendment; The 14th Amendment; The Exclusionary Rule; Police Use of Force; The USA PATRIOT Act, Homeland Security, and Terrorism; Chapter 10: Ethics and Decision Making; Police Discretion; Ethics and Police Conduct; Leadership and Improving Decision Making; Chapter 11: Police Misconduct and Accountability; Corruption; Other Types of Police Misconduct; Research on Police Misconduct and Use of Force; The Impacts of Misconduct; Causes of Misconduct- Bad Apples or Bad Barrels?; Misconduct: Management and Administrative Issues; Accountability; Part IV: Contemporary Issues in Policing; Chapter 12: Policing in a Diverse Society; Policing in a Multicultural and Multiethnic Society; The Problem and Promise of Diversity; Police-Community Conflict; Public Image of the Police; Police in the Community; Women in Policing; Minority Police Officers; Chapter 13: Technology and the Police; The Costs and Benefits of Technology; Computers; Video Cameras; Surveillance Technology; Crime Mapping; Biological Identifiers; Speed Detection Devices or Systems; Armor and Weapons; Chapter 14: Organized Crime, Homeland Security, and Global Issues; Transnational Crime; White-Collar Crime; Terrorism; Local Response to Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime; Chapter 15: Private Security; History and Background; The Current Private Security Force; Private and Contract Security Personnel; Authority, Requirements, and Accountability; Private Security Versus Public Police; Coordinating Public Police and Private Security; Part V: Looking Ahead; Chapter 16: The Future of Policing in the United States; The Changing Context; Ongoing and Strategic Change; Terrorism and Future Policing; Glossary; Endnotes; Index;
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (432 pages)
• Subjects: 363.20973; Police -- United States; Community policing -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544339658; 1544339658
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