Law Enforcement in the 21st Century

by Grant, Heath B.; Terry, Karen J.

• ISBN13: 9780205542970
• ISBN10: 0205542972
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-26
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Law Enforcement in the 21st Century is the first book to examine the "linkage blindness" in the criminal justice system (the lack of connection between theories of policing and what actually happens in police departments), making linkages between theory and police practice through problem-solving and crime mapping applications. It offers a fresh, new approach to presenting introductory law enforcement material that is both practical for the future law enforcement officer and intellectually rewarding for readers who may be entering a whole new field of study. The authors have organized the material in a developmental framework beginning with a discussion of law enforcement's place within the criminal justice system and a discussion of the origins of policing; the reader is then introduced to the traditional model of policing and the core aspects of the work-organizational structure and units, field operations, and investigations. The authors provide information important to law enforcement in the 21 st century, including topics such as terrorism and the latest technology.

Table of Contents

Law Enforcement in a Democratic Society

Chapter outline

Introduction

Themes of the Book

The Police Function: Social Control and the Use of Force

Policing within the Rule of Law: The Challenges of Discretion

The Delicate Balance: Crime Control v

Due Process

The Levels of Law Enforcement

Municipal Agencies

County Agencies

State Agencies

Federal agencies

Department of Justice

US Marshal Service

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Drug Enforcement

Administration Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Department of Homeland

Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Transportation

Security Administration

U.S. Secret Service

Federal Law Enforcement

Training Center

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

US Postal Service

Tribal Agencies

Linkages And Law Enforcement: An Introduction to the Linkage Blindness Phenomenon

Linkages And Law Enforcement

Coordination and Information Sharing Between Law Enforcement and the Rest of the Criminal Justice System From Suspect to Charge

The Role of the Police Determining Guilt

The Role of the Court Administering Punishment and Reforming the Offender

The Role of Corrections

Chapter Summary

Origins and Development of Law Enforcement

Chapter outline

Introduction

Early Origins of Social Control

Development of Formal Policing in England

From Tithings to Posse Comitatus

The Formal System of Policing

Linkages And Law Enforcement: Posse Comitatus Today Development of Formal Policing in the United States

Early watch systems

Slave Patrols and the Jim Crow laws

The Eras of American Policing

The Political Era (1840-1930)

The Pendleton Act of 1883

Wickersham Commission

Women and Minorities in Early Policing

Origins of the Reform Era

Faces of Reform: Early Leaders in Law Enforcement Reform

August Vollmer

O.W. Wilson: The Protege

J. Edgar Hoover: The F.B.I.

Chapter Summary

Traditional Policing and Police Professionalization

Introduction: The Baby and the Bath Water

The Rise of the Professional Model of Policing

Policing as a Profession

Advanced Study Code of Ethics

Prestige Standards of Admission

A Professional Association

A service ideal

Linkages And Law Enforcement: What Would a "Professional" Law Enforcement Agency Look Like?

Crime Control as a Focal Concern: Implication for Resource Deployment

Counting Crime: The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)

Response Rate Structure of the UCR

Calculating Crime Indices

Limitations of the UCR

The Dark Figure of Crime

Linkages And Law Enforcement: Incident Based Reporting and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Measuring the Effectiveness of

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