For courses in Police and Community Relations, Community Policing, and Introduction to Law Enforcement. The latest edition of this leading book presents a comprehensive introduction to community policing, one of the most significant recent trends in policing. At the same time, the book also covers the important transition from traditional practices in police-community relations. Most important, the book also focuses on the latest issues related to community policing.
A unique aspect of this book is that it goes beyond community policing and examines an array of important issues which are inextricably related to the provision of police service and the general police-community relationship.
Drawing on interviews with officers, offenders, practitioners and community members, this book explores policing changes in the ‘post-Ferguson’ era and informs future policing practice.
Wesley G. Skogan here provides the first comprehensive evaluation of that citywide program, examining its impact on crime, neighborhood residents, and the police.
Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States.
The book focuses on the importance of and strategies for positive police-community interactions and addresses the internal and external communities the police serve.
This textbook discusses the role of community-oriented policing, including the police image, public expectations, ethics in law enforcement, community wellness, civilian review boards, and what the community can do to help decrease crime ...
The goal of this updated volume is to explore the complex nature of the police community relationship, including: Understanding how and why the police have developed over time, the importance of the rule of law, and the critical need for ...
was guided by his belief in the “perfectibility” of young Anglos through rehabilitative programming (Escobar 1999). The new Deputy Auxiliary Police (DAP) program, on the other hand, targeted gang-involved ...
A World Without Police transcribes these new ideas—written in slogans and chants, over occupied bridges and hastily assembled barricades—into a compelling, must-read manifesto for police abolition.
In the book, she explores the behaviors in the police culture from a social psychological perspective, illustrating the importance of understanding police behaviors in order to change the culture of conflict.