Policing Perspectives An Anthology

by Gaines, Larry K.; Cordner, Gary W.

• ISBN13: 9780195329797
• ISBN10: 0195329791
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This eclectic collection of contemporary and classical articles examines a variety of operational and administrative issues in the context of modern police work. It provides even coverage in terms of both theoretical and applied perspectives, with an analytical approach. In this regard, thereader is given a foundation as to why the police operate as they do. Gaines and Cordner's anthology offers the following distinctive features: * A number of articles on the community policing movement. * A section addressing administrative issues. Critics of policing have charged that antiquated management styles have hampered the progress of community policing. * The section on doing police work addresses a number of specific operational issues. * A strong section on ethics and deviance. Some critics charge that community policing may result in increased levels of police corruption and ethical violations. * Articles that put the "problem solving" strategy of community policing into perspective. Thought-provoking introductions to each article and each section guide the student and ease instruction by identifying and explaining central issues, key concepts, and relationships among topics. This gives internal cohesiveness and structure to the selections. A comprehensive subject index is alsoprovided.

Table of Contents

The Function of the Police

Dilemmas of Police Administration

Reconsidering the Police Role

Can the Police Be Privatized

The County Sheriff as a Distinctive Policing Modality

History and Context

The Development of Modern Police

Southern Slave Patrols as a Transitional Police Style

The Municipal Detective: An Historical Analysis

Broken Windows and Fractured History

Strategies and Programs

Crime and Policing

Community Policing: Elements and Effects

The Problems of Problem-Solving

The Kansas City Gun Experiment

The Nature of Police Work

Four Policemen

Patterns of Police Investigation

What Is Patrol Work

Learning the Skills of Policing

Doing Police Work

The Law Enforcement Response to Spouse Abuse

Vice Isn't Nice: A Look at the Effects of Working Undercover

The Police and Drugs

Police Handling of People With Mental Illness

Ethics And Deviance

Learning Police Ethics

Drug-Related Corruption of Police Officers

Exploring Police Sexual Violence Against Women

"Fluffing Up the Evidence and Covering Your Ass": Some Conceptual Notes on Police Lying

Administration and Management

Developing Police Policy: An Evaluation of the Control Principle

Empowering Police Officers: The Tarnished Silver Bullet?

Community Policing and Police Agency Accreditation

An Institutional Perspective of Policing

Contemporary Issues

Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, The Christopher Commission

Police Use of Deadly Force: Research and Reform

Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units

Dragons and Dinosaurs: The Plight of Patrol Women

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