Police in America. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven G. Brandl, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
• Authors: Brandl, Steven G (Steven Gerard)
• Contents: I. FOUNDATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF THE POLICE; Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Police in America; Introduction; The Challenge of Policing a Free Society; The Controversies and Difficulties of Policing; Ethics and Morals in Policing; Chapter 2: The History of the Police in America; Introduction: Why Study the History of the Police?; The Pre-Police Era in America; The First American Police Departments: The Political Era of Policing; Early 1900s to 1960s: The Reform Era of Policing; The 1970s to the Present: The Community Problem-Solving Era of Policing; Chapter 3: The Characteristics and Structure of Police Organizations; Characteristics of Police Organizations; The Challenges of Managing Police Organizations; The Structure of Police Departments; Major Operating Units in Police Departments; Types and Levels of Law Enforcement Agencies; Chapter 4: The Role of the Police; Enforcing the Law; Controlling Crime; Dealing with Situations Where Force May Need to Be Used; Handling Time-Pressing Situations; II. POLICE WORK; Chapter 5: Police Recruitment, Selection, and Training; The Relationship between the Recruitment, Selection, and Training of Police Officers; The Recruitment of Police Officers; The Selection of Police Officers; Minimum Qualifications for Police Officers; Selection Procedures for Police Officers; The Outcomes of the Recruitment and Selection of Police Officers: Diversity; Police Officer Training; Chapter 6: Police Patrol; Police Patrol and Call Priority; Managing Calls for Service; Preventive Patrol; Hot Spot Policing; Police Crackdowns; Police Stops of Citizens as a Strategy; One- and Two-Officer Squads; Foot Patrol; Offender-Focused Strategies; Chapter 7: Crime Detection and Investigation; Criminal Investigation Defined; Types of Criminal Investigations; Proof in Criminal Investigations; How Are Crimes Solved?; Forms and Types of Evidence in Criminal Investigations; Chapter 8: Police Discretion and Its Control; Discretion Defined<br /> The Anatomy of a Decision; Factors That Influence the Discretion of Police Officers; How Is Police Discretion Best Controlled?; Chapter 9: The Law of Search, Seizure, and Self-Incrimination; Basic Legal Terminology and Concepts; The Law of Search and Seizure: The Fourth Amendment; The Law of Self-Incrimination: The Fifth and Sixth Amendments; III. THE HAZARDS OF POLICE WORK; Chapter 10: Health and Safety Issues in Police Work; What Is Stress?; The Effects of Stress; Physical Hazards of Police Work; So Is Police Work Dangerous?; Chapter 11: Police Use of Force; Reasonable Force and Use of Force Guidelines; Deviations in Use of Force: Unnecessary Force versus Brutality; Types of Force; Patterns in Police Use of Force: Causes and Control; Chapter 12: Police Misconduct and Corruption; The Importance of Understanding Police Misconduct and Corruption; The Nature and Extent of Police Misconduct and Corruption; Causes of Police Misconduct and Corruption; The Control of Police Misconduct and Corruption; IV. POLICE STRATEGIES AND THE FUTURE OF THE POLICE IN AMERICA; Chapter 13: Community and Problem-Oriented Policing; The Rise of Community Policing; Problem-Oriented Policing: The Details; Chapter 14: Evidence-Based and Intelligence-Led Policing; Smart Policing; Data-Driven and Evidence-Based Policing; COMPSTAT; Predictive Policing; Intelligence-Led Policing; Chapter 15: Terrorism, Technology, Accountability, and the Future of American Policing; History as a Guide to the Future; New Demands on the Police; The New Police; The New Technology of Crime Detection and Accountability; Appendix: The Bill of Rights, United States Constitution;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (424 pages)
• Subjects: 363.20973; Police -- United States; Law enforcement -- United States; Police administration -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544375793; 1544375794
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