Introduction to Policing
2nd Edition
Published on 30. July 1998
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-534-54675-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text on policing presents a balance between the practical and theoretical. Dempsey brings his 25 years of policing experience (as a ranking officer in the New York Police Department) together with contemporary research to illustrate both the formal and the real workings of the policing system. The book focuses on the controversies and the problems within the system, including statistical data.
This text on policing presents a balance between the practical and theoretical. Dempsey brings his 25 years of policing experience (as a ranking officer in the New York Police Department) together with contemporary research to illustrate both the formal and the real workings of the policing system. The book focuses on the controversies and the problems within the system, including statistical data.
This text on policing presents a balance between the practical and theoretical. Dempsey brings his 25 years of policing experience (as a ranking officer in the New York Police Department) together with contemporary research to illustrate both the formal and the real workings of the policing system. The book focuses on the controversies and the problems within the system, including statistical data.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
998 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-54675-5 (9780534546755)
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John S. Dempsey
Introduction to Policing
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07/2004
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Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
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Content
PART I. POLICE HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION. 1. Police History. 2. Organizing Public and Private Policing in the United States. 3. Organizing the Police Department. PART II. THE PERSONAL SIDE OF POLICING. 4. Becoming a Police Officer. 5. The Police Role and Police Discretion. 6. The Police Culture, Personality, and Stress. PART III. POLICE OPERATIONS. 7. Police Operations: The Traditional Approach. 8. Police Operations: The New Approach. 9. Police and the Community. 10. Community Policing: The Debate Continues. 11. Police and the Law. PART IV. CRITICAL ISSUES IN POLICING. 12. Police Ethics and Police Deviance. 13. Women and Minorities in Policing. 14. Technology in Policing. 15. Special Problems in Policing.