An Introduction To Policing

by Dempsey,John S.

• ISBN13: 9780534642907
• ISBN10: 053464290X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-21
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This current insider's look at what policing means today is ideal for anyone interested in learning who the police are, what they do, and how they do it. INTRODUCTION TO POLICING features comprehensive coverage of all major topics, emphasizing today's most current technology, the newest statistical data, and important new directions such as homeland defense and community policing. A "must read" for anyone considering a career in law enforcement, this book gives you straightforward information about the many rewards, and the often intense stress, that are part of police work.

Table of Contents

Police History and Organization

Police History

Organizing Public and Private Security in the United States

Organizing the Police Department

The Personal Side of Policing

Becoming a Police Officer

The Police Role and Police Discretion

The Police Culture and Personality, and Stress

Police Operations

Police Operations: The Traditional Approach

Police Operations: A New Approach

Police and the Community

Community Policing: The Debate Continues

Police and the Law

Police Ethics and Police Deviance

Critical Issues in Policing

Women and Minorities in Policing

Computers, Technology and Criminalistics in Policing

Specific Police Problems and Issues

Policing and Homeland Defense

Epilogue

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Photo Credits

Index

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