Arrest decisions
Subtitle: what works for the officer?
By: Edith Linn.
Series: New perspectives in criminology and criminal justice -- v. 5
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781433100581
Subjects: New York (N.Y.). -- Police Dept; Police -- New York (State) -- New York; Arrest -- New York (State) -- New York; Criminal procedure -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Adaptive arrest behavior : an open secret; title: Previous research : what hasn't been said; title: Arrest processing in the NYPD; title: How the study was done; title: Officers' personal lives; title: Officers' work; title: Officers' finances; title: Officers' time constraints; title: The miseries of arrest processing; title: Arrest-control adaptations; title: Attitudes toward arrests; title: Personal needs in comparison to other arrest determinants; title: Conclusions: The NYPD and other agencies.