Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement / Edition 6

by Karen M. Hess, Christine Hess Orthmann, Wayne Bennett

Overview

MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 6th edition is a practical and straightforward book that focuses on law enforcement managers and supervisors, their jobs, and the complicated interrelationships between members of the law enforcement team and the communities they share. This new edition has added Chief Shaun LaDue as a contributor to give a practitioner's perspective to management and supervision as well as an emphasis on leadership. Additionally, the text has been reorganized to begin the text focusing on management, and community policing is no longer a stand-alone chapter. The text focuses on post-9/11 policing and includes research on the effects of 9/11 as well as data driven policing, including CompStat policing, intelligence-led policing and evidence based policing. In addition, it also includes discussions on the effects of the current economic crisis on law enforcement, including two 2009 PERF studies and reports. MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 6th edition presents a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of law enforcement leaders and covers everything from the newest principles in policing to the exciting technological aids changing the face of law enforcement today, preparing readers to become tomorrow's leaders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439056448
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	696
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

K?ren M. Hess, Ph.D, has written extensively in the field of law enforcement and conducts seminars on communications in law enforcement. She is a member of the English department at Normandale Community College as well as the president of the Institute for Professional Development. Dr. Hess is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she concentrated on educational psychology and instructional design.

Christine Hess Orthmann has been writing and researching in various aspects of criminal justice for over twenty years. She is a co-author of numerous Cengage books, including COMMUNITY POLICING: PARTNERSHIPS FOR PROBLEM SOLVING (6th edition), CORRECTIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (9th edition), and POLICE OPERATIONS (5th edition), as well as a major contributor to CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (5th edition), INTRODUCTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (9th edition), INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE SECURITY (5th edition), JUVENILE JUSTICE (5th edition), and CAREERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND RELATED FIELDS: FROM INTERNSHIP TO PROMOTION (6th edition). She is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), the American Society of Criminology (ASC), the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA), and the National Criminal Justice Honor Society (Alpha Phi Sigma), and is a reserve officer with the Rosemount (Minnesota) Police Department. Christine Hess Orthmann has a Master of Science Degree.

Table of Contents

Part I: MANAGEMENT, SUPERVISION, AND LEADERSHIP: AN OVERVIEW. 1. Management, Supervision and Leadership. 2. The Organization and Structure of American Policing. 3. The Police Mission: Getting the Job Done. Part II: BASIC MANAGEMENT/PERSONAL SKILLS. 4. Communication: A Critical Management Skill. 5. Decision Making and Problem Solving. 6. Time Management: Minute by Minute. Part III: MANAGERS AND THE SKILLS OF OTHERS. 7. Training and Beyond. 8. Promoting Growth and Development. 9. Motivation and Morale. Part IV: MANAGING PROBLEMS. 10. Discipline and Problem Behaviors. 11. Complaints, Grievances and Conflict. 12. Stress and Related Hazards of the Job. Part V: GETTING THE JOB DONE . . . THROUGH OTHERS. 13. Deploying Law Enforcement Resources and Improving Productivity. 14. Budgeting and Managing Costs Creatively. 15. Hiring Personnel and Dealing with Unions. 16. Measuring Performance: Assessment and Evaluation. 17. Challenges in Managing for the Future. Appendices. Glossary. Photo Credits. Author Index. Subject Index.