
Contemporary Police Organization and Management
Issues and Trends
Butterworth-Heinemann (Publisher)
Published on 17. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-7506-7137-8 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary Police Organization and Management is a response to the very nature of policing and its continual drive to keep pace with societal changes. It is an edited collection of works dealing with police management in a broad and incisive manner. Students frequently do not receive a complete picture of the subject since the author is typically capturing one small aspect. This text seeks to remedy that.
Additionally, this book is also intended to serve as a supplementary reader to Police Organization and Management: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1999) written by M. L. Dantzker. This edited collection of readings also supports other primary textbooks in undergraduate courses. However, the currency of the topics included in this book, as well as the broad literature coverage, makes it suitable reading for graduate students searching for a sound orientation to the field. Furthermore, it provides insight and information about twelve important and time-tested issues including: ethical leadership, civil liability, labor relations, accreditation, financing police services, and policing in a multicultural society.
Additionally, this book is also intended to serve as a supplementary reader to Police Organization and Management: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1999) written by M. L. Dantzker. This edited collection of readings also supports other primary textbooks in undergraduate courses. However, the currency of the topics included in this book, as well as the broad literature coverage, makes it suitable reading for graduate students searching for a sound orientation to the field. Furthermore, it provides insight and information about twelve important and time-tested issues including: ethical leadership, civil liability, labor relations, accreditation, financing police services, and policing in a multicultural society.
Reviews / Votes
A highly contemporary book that addresses some vital issues as policing transitions to the new millenim. Excellent for graduate level programs, either concentrations within public admin. or CJ. Majors.a wellorganized grad. level text that addresses central management issues for the police executive. Excellent, hard hitting topics.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-7137-8 (9780750671378)
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Persons
William G. Doerner has been a Professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University since 1977. He specializes in victimology and law enforcement issues. He earned his M.A. in Sociology at Emory University (1973) and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Tennessee (1977). Doerner recently retired from active duty with the Tallahassee Police Department after 29 years of service as a part-time sworn law enforcement officer. He served on the Board of Directors for the National Organization of Victim Assistance, was the Founding President of the Florida Network of Victim/Witness Services, is past Director of the Program in Criminal Justice at Florida State University, and a previous editor of the American Journal of Criminal Justice. In addition to other professional accolades, Doerner received the Outstanding Educator of the Year Award from the Southern Criminal Justice Association and was a winner of the John P.J. Dussich Award from the American Society of Victimology. An article he and his son published in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management was designated one of four outstanding papers of the year in 2012.
Editor
Florida State University, USA
Associate Professor: Director of Graduate Program, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Texas-Pan American
Content
Organizing the Police Response; The Police Executive; Mid-Level Managers; Productivity and Performance Evaluation; More Than a Patrol Officer: Supervisors; Controlling Employee Misbehavior; Civil Liability for Police Executives; A Matter of Health: The Issue of Wellness; Regulating the Workplace; Agency Professionalization - Accreditation; Nontraditional Funding for Police Budgets; Police-Community Interaction; Multicultural Policing; Managerial Innovations