Beyond 911
A New Era For Policing
Published on 24. June 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-465-00676-2 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on the experiences of innovative police departments that have tried new approaches to policing in cities as diverse as Los Angeles, Newport News, Virginia, and London, this important book assesses what can be done by enterprising police chiefs and progressive communities to combat the crime and violence that currently engulf our cities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-00676-2 (9780465006762)
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Person
Malcolm K. Sparrow teaches Regulatory and Enforcement Strategy, and Analytic Methods, at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Formerly a Detective Chief Inspector with the British police service, he now specializes in issues of enforcement strategy, regulatory compliance, and risk control- he is the acknowledged national expert on the subject of Health Care Fraud. He is author of The Risk Business: Defining the Regulatory Craft (2000), License to Steal: Why Fraud Plagues America's Health Care System (1996), Imposing Duties: Government's Changing Approach to Compliance (1994) and co-author of Beyond 911: A New Era for Policing (1990) and Ethics in Government: The Moral Challenge for Public Leadership (1990).
Content
Part 1 Modern policing - crisis and renewal: the cities and the police; the road this far - policing's origins, the reform model, and barriers to progress; beyond the modern Major General - chiefs and change; toward a new policing - the issues. Part 2 Reconstituting the police: managing for change - the police and values; openness and accountability; partnerships; managing for progress - promoting innovation and commissioning officers.