Police
By: John S. Dempsey, Linda S. Forst
Contributors: Forst, Linda S.
Edition: 2010-2011 Ed.
Publisher: Cengage Learning Delmar
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781111038427
Subjects: Police; Law enforcement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Police history and organization; title: 1. Police history; title: 2. Organizing security in the United States; title: 3. Organizing the Police Department; title: pt. 2. The personal side of policing; title: 4. Becoming a police officer; title: 5. The police role and police discretion; title: 6. Police culture, personality, and police stress; title: 7. Minorities in policing; title: 8. Police ethics and police deviance; title: pt. 3. Police operations; title: 9. Patrol operations; title: 10. Investigations; title: 11. Police and the community; title: 12. Community policing : the debate continues; title: 13. Police and the law; title: pt. 4. Critical issues in policing; title: 14. Computers, technology and criminalistics in policing; title: 15. Homeland security.