An Introduction to Policing
Published on 28. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-1-4354-8548-8 (ISBN)
Description
The latest book from Cengage Learning on An Introduction to Policing, International Edition
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Edition
International ed of 5th revised ed
Language
English
Place of publication
Clifton Park
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 201 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1090 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4354-8548-8 (9781435485488)
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Content
Part I: POLICE HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION. 1. Police History. 2. Organizing Public and Private Security 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. Police Culture, Personality, and Stress. 7. Minorities in Policing. 8. Police Ethics and Police Deviance. Part III: POLICE OPERATIONS. 9. Patrol Operations. 10. Investigations. 11. Police and the Community. 12. Community Policing: The Debate Continues. 13. Police and the Law. Part IV: CRITINCAL ISSUE IN POLICING. 14. Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing. 15. Homeland Security.