Police mission
Subtitle: challenges and responses
By: Dilip K. Das, Arvind Verma.
Contributors: Verma, Arvind.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Police -- United States.; Police subculture -- United States.; Police administration -- United States.; Police.; Crime prevention -- Philosophy.; Law enforcement -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Police mission, ideals, and values; title: Inferences from excellent companies; title: Perspectives on police culture; title: Autobiographical perspectives; title: Multicultural perspectives; title: Image of American policing; title: The armed police in British colonial tradition; title: The colonial beginnings of the Indian police; title: Comparative organizational perspectives; title: Street cops; title: Organizational diagnosis; title: Human values & police leadership; title: Innovations and experimentations; title: Police as a learning organization.