Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and BehaviorCovers the field of police administration and provides a carefully balanced treatment of its procedural, structural, and behavioral aspects. Coverage includes stress in police organizations; the plight of core cities which are losing veteran officers to better paying and less hazardous suburban agencies; police suicides, current policing strategies; women officers; developing quality leadership; the use and misuse of crime statistics; and domestic violence by police officers. |
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Contents
The Evolution of American Policing | 1 |
Research on Traditional Policing | 10 |
Community Policing | 16 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and Behavior Criminal Justice Series Macmillan criminal justice series |
| Authors | Charles R. Swanson, Leonard Territo, Robert W. Taylor |
| Edition | 3, illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1993 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | Feb 8, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0024185450, 9780024185457 |
| Length | 696 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |