Policing and Misconduct
Published on 9. December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-13-027016-0 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Special Topics in Policing, and Police and Society.
Original works by nationally and internationally recognized practitioners and academicians provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview addressing a variety of relevant issues and acts of police misconduct. The historical and theoretical frameworks found in this collection focuses on a range of issues related to the definition, description, prevention, and control of acts of police deviance. Contemporary control strategies-such as early warning systems, drug testing technologies, and community police issues are explored at length.
Original works by nationally and internationally recognized practitioners and academicians provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview addressing a variety of relevant issues and acts of police misconduct. The historical and theoretical frameworks found in this collection focuses on a range of issues related to the definition, description, prevention, and control of acts of police deviance. Contemporary control strategies-such as early warning systems, drug testing technologies, and community police issues are explored at length.
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Persons
Dr. Kim Michelle Lersch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include police misconduct and race relations. Recent publications have appeared in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, American Journal of Criminal Justice, and the Journal of Criminal Justice.
Content
1. Ethical Police Behavior, Thomas Barker.
2. Historical Perspectives of Police Misconduct, Kenneth Bolton, Jr.
3. All Is Fair in Love and War, Kim Michelle Lersch.
4. The Use and Abuse of Force by Police, Rob Worden and Shelagh E. Catlin.
5. Media Accounts of Police Sexual Violence: Rotten Apples or State Supported Violence?, Danielle McGurrin and Vic Kappeler.
6. The Looking Glass World of Policing: The Ethics and Integrity of Women Police, Donna C. Hale.
7. Drug Abuse, Corruption, and Officer Drug Testing: An Overview, Tom Mieczkowski.
8. Community Policing and Police Corruption, Joseph A. Schafer.
9. Early Warning Systems as Risk Management for Police, Samuel Walker and Geoffrey P. Alpert.
10. The Existence of Police Misconduct-Forever Present?, M.L. Dantzker and Kenneth Bolton, Jr.
Authors' Biographies.
2. Historical Perspectives of Police Misconduct, Kenneth Bolton, Jr.
3. All Is Fair in Love and War, Kim Michelle Lersch.
4. The Use and Abuse of Force by Police, Rob Worden and Shelagh E. Catlin.
5. Media Accounts of Police Sexual Violence: Rotten Apples or State Supported Violence?, Danielle McGurrin and Vic Kappeler.
6. The Looking Glass World of Policing: The Ethics and Integrity of Women Police, Donna C. Hale.
7. Drug Abuse, Corruption, and Officer Drug Testing: An Overview, Tom Mieczkowski.
8. Community Policing and Police Corruption, Joseph A. Schafer.
9. Early Warning Systems as Risk Management for Police, Samuel Walker and Geoffrey P. Alpert.
10. The Existence of Police Misconduct-Forever Present?, M.L. Dantzker and Kenneth Bolton, Jr.
Authors' Biographies.