Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies

Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies
ISBN-10
0134701275
ISBN-13
9780134701271
Category
Police
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2018-01-11
Publisher
Pearson
Authors
Larry Gaines, Kenneth Peak, Ronald Glensor

Description

For courses in police administration and management. A problem-solving approach to modern police leadership Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, and Case Studies provides a comprehensive insider's view into the challenging work of police leaders at all levels of management. Using a problem-based learning approach, the authors draw on their extensive practical experience to critique the organizational, personnel, and operational issues facing police agencies and to assert "what works" in contemporary police management. The 4th edition is a major revision, moving from a supervision to a management perspective. It covers new policing strategies, methods, and technologies transforming the field and demanding new knowledge of police supervisors, managers, and leaders.

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