Police and Society

David H. Bayley

SAGE Publications, 1977 - Political Science - 260 pages

Calls for police reform have always emphasised the material -- higher salaries, more equipment, better training and leadership. The essays collected by David Bayley approach this issue from a different viewpoint: How much does the social environment affect police behaviour? The reciprocal nature of social expectations of and constraints on police activity and the influence on the police of these social patterns is examined, emphasising the need to consider these patterns in attempting to modify police behaviour.

Contents

• Acknowledgments: 6
• Syndicates in the United States 18401887: 17
• Police Control of Street Prostitution in Victorian: 49
• Philip John Stead 1333: 73
• Environmental Context: 107
• Moralistic Reformers and: 127
• Career Styles and Police Behavior: 149
• Interorganizational Relationships and Network: 177
• Police and Society in Israel: 195
• The Limits of Police Reform: 219
• A Regulatory Theory of PolicingA Preliminary: 237
• Selected Bibliography: 257

Bibliographic information

• Title: Police and Society; Volume 1 of SAGE Focus Editions
• Editor: David H. Bayley
• Contributor: University of Denver. Graduate School of International Studies
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 1977
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 28, 2009
• ISBN: 0803908628, 9780803908628
• Length: 260 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Law Enforcement; Social Science / Criminology