Policing America; Methods, Issues and Challenges,9780132678247

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Policing America; Methods, Issues and Challenges

by Kenneth Peak

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2nd

ISBN13:

9780132678247

ISBN10:

0132678241

Format:

Hardcover

Pub. Date:

9/1/1996

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

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This is the 2nd edition with a publication date of 9/1/1996.

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This second edition of Policing America continues its purpose of conveying to readers the methods and issues, personality and problems, and attitudes and beliefs of those persons who wear the badge.

Preface
About the Author
Introduction
Historical Development	p. 1
Policing Levels, Roles, and Function	p. 33
Police Subculture: The Making of a Cop	p. 69
Organization and Administration	p. 111
On Patrol: Personnel, Methods, Functions	p. 150
Criminal Investigation: The Science of Detection	p. 193
Extraordinary Problems and Methods	p. 228
Police, Courts, and the Rule of Law	p. 264
Accountability: Attacking Corruption and Excessive Force	p. 295
Civil Liability: The Outgrowth of Failure	p. 322
Stress: Personal Costs of Doing the Job	p. 339
Comparative Perspectives	p. 360
Police of the Future	p. 389
Careers in Policing	p. 407
Glossary: Selected Police Terms and Associations	p. 420
Index	p. 431
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