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Contemporary Policing: Controversies, Challenges, and Solutions
presents a broad range of up-to-date articles on new policing
strategies, promising approaches to the problem of crime,
challenges facing the police from within and outside the
organization, policing innovations, and issues of police deviance
and ethics.
Editors Quint C. Thurman and Jihong Zhao have chosen key selections
from notable scholars such as Lawrence W. Sherman, Samuel Walker,
Ronald V. Clarke, former Minneapolis police chief Anthony Bouza,
and others to examine how policing has responded to a myriad of
challenges since the late 1990s--including crime and disorder,
racial profiling, police use of deadly force, gangs, corruption,
drug abuse, and sexual misconduct. The article topics range from
problem-solving and problem-oriented criminal investigations to
CompStat and geographic profiling.
In the most understandable and comprehensive text to date on the
subject of community policing, the authors trace the historical
development of American policing through the community era of
present day. They introduce readers to the concept of community in
modern society and explore changes in the function and legitimacy
of police organizations. The text offers numerous highlighted
commentaries in every chapter from police officers, deputy
sheriffs, chiefs, and other practitioners as well as noted police
scholars. These real-world examples illustrate themes and issues to
students. Community Policing in a Community Era emphasizes agency
leadership, problem-solving, community engagement, coactive
policing, organizational change, and strategic planning.
Key topics include:
* A history of American policing
* Policing at a time of change
* Why police organizations change
* Community policing in action
* The role of leaders and managers
* Community engagement
* Selecting and training employees for community policing
* Implementing community policing
* Evaluating community policing
* The future of community policin
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