Contemporary Policing: Controversies, Challenges, and Solutions
An Anthology
ISBN13: 9780195330274ISBN10: 0195330277
Paperback, 388 pages
Mar 2007,
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388 pages;
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ISBN13: 978-0-19-533027-4ISBN10: 0-19-533027-7
"The articles provide a good mixture of theory and research covering the full range of issues and challenges in a changing police environment."--Thomas Barker, Eastern Kentucky University
Table of Contents
Each Part begins with an Introduction.
General Introduction
Part I: New Policing Strategies
1. Trust and Confidence in Criminal Justice
Lawrence W. Sherman
2. Defining Police Strategies: Problem Solving, Problem-Oriented Policing, and Community-Oriented Policing
Ronald V. Clarke
3. New Skyline
Eli B. Silverman
4. The Third Generation of Community Policing: Moving Through Innovation, Diffusion, and Institutionalization
Willard M. Oliver
Part II: Promising Approaches to Crime Reduction and Prevention
5. Policing for Crime Prevention
Lawrence W. Sherman
6. Crime and Disorder in Drug Hot Spots: Implications for Theory and Practice in Policing
David Weisburd and Lorraine Green Mazerolle
7. Focusing on Prey Rather Than Predators: A Problem-Oriented Response to Repeat Victimization
Ron W. Glensor, Ken J. Peak, and Mark E. Correia
8. Screening out Criminal Offenders: An Evaluation of Crime-Free Multi-Family Housing in Tacoma
Lucy Edwards Hochstein and Quint C. Thurman
Part III: Challenging Issues in the Internal Police Environment
9. The Myth of the 'Military Model' of Leadership in Law Enforcement
Thomas J. Cowper
10. Reinventing Government: The Views of Police Middle Managers
Gennaro F. Vito and Julie Kunselman
Models
Jihong Zhao, Quint C. Thurman, and Ni He
12. Early Warning Systems for Police: Concept, History, and Issues
Samuel Walker, Geoffrey P. Alpert, and Dennis J. Kenney
13. Preparing Police Officers for Success in the Twenty-First Century
Quint C. Thurman
Part IV: Challenging Issues in the External Police Environment
14. Crime Fighting as Myth
Anthony V. Bouza
15. What We Know About Police Use of Force
Kenneth Adams
16. A National Survey of Pursuits and the Use of Police Force: Data from Law-Enforcement Agencies
Dennis Jay Kenney and Geoffrey P. Alpert
17. The Establishment of a Police Gang Unit: An Examination of Organizational and Environmental Factors
Charles M. Katz
18. Racial Profiling: Issues and Implications for Police Policy
David L. Carter and Andra J. Katz-Bannister
Part V: Innovations, Boundary Spanning, and Capacity Building
19. The Nature of Community Policing Innovations: Do the Ends Justify the Means?
Jihong Zhao and Quint C. Thurman
20. Problem-Oriented Criminal Investigation
Brian Forst
21. Geographic Profiling
D. Kim Rossmo
22. Veering Toward Digital Disorder: Computer-Related Crime and Law Enforcement Preparedness
Mark E. Correia and Craig Bowling
23. Technological Challenges and Innovations in Police Patrolling
Delores E. Craig-Moreland
Part VI: Police Deviance and Ethical Issues
24. When Badges Get Too Big: Identifying and Misidentifying Police Misconduct From Citizen Complaints
Kim Lersch
25. When Strings Are Attached: Understanding the Role of Gratuities in Police Corruptibility,
Brian L. Withrow and Jeffrey D. Dailey
26. Police Sexual Misconduct
Tim Maher
27. Drug Use and Drug-Related Corruption of Police Officers
David L. Carter
Part VII: The Challenges Ahead
28. The Future of Policing
David H. Bayley and Clifford D. Shearing
29. The Future of Policing in a Community Era
Jihong Zhao
30. Future Issues in Policing: Challenges for Leaders
Sheldon Greenberg
