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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dennis Jay Kenney; Robert P McNamara |
| ISBN: | 0275954986 9780275954987 0275954994 9780275954994 |
| OCLC Number: | 39354350 |
| Description: | xii, 305 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : twenty years of change in policing ; The socialization of the police / Robert P. McNamara -- Intelligence and the selection of police recruits / Dennis Jay Kenney and T. Steuart Watson -- Supervising the police / Kenneth J. Peak, Ronald W. Glensor, and Larry K. Gaines -- Personnel performance evaluations in the community-policing context / Timothy N. Oettmeier and Mary Ann Wycoff -- Police work hours, fatigue, and officer performance / Bryan Vila and Erik Y. Taiji -- Police suicide / Steven Stack and Thomas Kelley -- Can I get a witness : the role of religion in policing / Robert P. McNamara and Maria Tempenis --Tactical patrol evaluation / Gary W. Cordner and Dennis Jay Kenney -- A national survey of pursuits and the use of police force : data from law-enforcement agencies / Dennis Jay Kenney and Geoffrey P. Alpert -- Rethinking detective management : why investigative reforms are seldom permanent or effective / John E. Eck -- Affirmative action, diversity, and law enforcement / Samuel Walker and Tara O'Connor Shelley -- Citizen complaints and the community / Samuel Walker -- The enemies within : reflections on institutionalized corruption / Robert Leuci -- Accomplishing problem solving in the community : reconciling the concepts / Dennis Jay Kenney and T. Steuart Watson -- The problems of problem solving : resistance, interdependencies, and conflicting interests / Michael E. Buerger -- Innovation in policing organizations : a national study / Jihong Zhao, Quint Thurman, and Christopher Simon -- Crime-specific policing / Larry T. Hoover. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Dennis Jay Kenney and Robert P. McNamara. |
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?Police and Policing: Contemporary Issues is invaluable for courses in: criminal justice, law enforcement, police and community relations, and women in crime and justice. Since the publication of the first edition of this text in 1989, there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of research being conducted on the police as well as in public interest about the role of law enforcement.?-The Literature of Criminal Justice Read more...
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