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Police and policing : contemporary issues

Author: Dennis Jay Kenney; Robert P McNamara
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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An examination of issues in law enforcement. This second edition covers new issues and changes since 1989, drawing from research projects in the field. The contributors discuss their findings on  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
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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