The police in America : an introduction
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The police in America : an introduction
McGraw-Hill, c1992
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a comprehensive, introductory survey of police, police work, and police systems intended for criminal justice courses on police administration, and courses on criminology or the sociology of law enforcement. It describes how police departments are organized, what police officers do, the different problems in policing (police-community relations, use of discretion, police corruption, etc) how individuals enter policing as a career and what happens to them during the course of their careers. There are three new chapters on community policing, police and crime, and peacekeeping and order maintenance.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Foundations: the history of the police
- the contemporary law enforcement industry
- the police role. Part 2 Police work: patrol - the backbone of policing
- peacekeeping and order maintenance
- the police and crime
- policing communities. Part 3 Police problems: police discretion
- police-community relations
- police corruption
- accountability of the police. Part 4 Officers and organizations: police officers I - entering police work
- police officers II - on the job
- police organizations.
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