Police and Policing: Contemporary Issues

by Dennis Kenney, Robert Hartmann McNamara

Overview

Since the publication of the first edition of Police and Policing in 1989, the amount of research being conducted on the police as well as public interest in the issues concerning the role of law enforcement has grown considerably. This second, complementary edition examines new issues and changes in law enforcement since 1989, drawing from the most recent and creative research projects in the field. Some of the country's leading experts discuss their findings on topics such as officer fatigue, collaborative problem-solving, tactical patrol, suicide, the role of religion in law enforcement, affirmative action, and psychological testing. This edited collection will prove to be an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275954987
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/30/1999
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

DENNIS JAY KENNEY is Associate Director and Director of Research for the Police Executive Research Forum. He has over 27 years of experience in varied aspects of criminal justice and has provided consulting services to police agencies around the country. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Crime, Fear, and the New York City Subways (Praeger, 1987), Organized Crime in America (1995), and Crime in the Schools (1998).

ROBERT P. MCNAMARA is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University. He has been a consultant for state, federal, and private agencies on topics such as AIDS, drug abuse, race and healthcare, urban redevelopment, homelessness, policing, and gangs. He is the author of several books, including The Times Square Hustler (Praeger, 1994), Sex, Scams, and Street Life (Praeger, 1995), and Social Gerontology (Auburban House, 1998).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Twenty Years of Change in Policing by Robert P. McNamara
The Socialization of the Police by Robert P. McNamara
Managing Police Personnel
Intelligence and the Selection of Police Recruits by Dennis Jay Kenney and T. Steuart Watson
Supervising the Police by Kenneth J. Peak, Ronald W. Glensor, and Larry K. Gaines
Personnel Performance Evaluations in the Community Policing Context by Timothy N. Oettmeier and Mary Ann Wycoff
Tired Cops: Probable Connections Between Fatigue and the Performance, Health, and Safety of Patrol Officers by Bryan Vila
Police Suicide: An Analysis by Steven Stack and Thomas Kelley
Can I Get a Witness: The Role of Religion in Policing by Robert P. McNamara and Maria Tempenis
Managing Police Organizations
Tactical Patrol Evaluation by Gary W. Cordner and Dennis Jay Kenney
A National Survey of Pursuits and the Use of Police Force: Data from Law Enforcement Agencies by Dennis Jay Kenney and Geoffrey P. Alpert
Rethinking Detective Management or, Why Investigative Reforms are Seldom Permanent or Effective by John E. Eck
Affirmative Action, Diversity, and the Police by Tara O'Connor Shelley and Samuel Walker
Citizen Complaints and the Community by Samuel Walker
Reflections on Institutional Corruption by Robert Leuci
The Impacts of Policing
Accomplishing Problem-Solving in the Community: Reconciling the Concepts by Dennis Jay Kenney and T. Steuart Watson
The Problems of Problem-Solving: Resistance, Interdependencies, and Conflicting Interests by Michael E. Buerger
Innovation in Policing Organizations: A National Study by Jihong Zhao, Quint Thurman, and Christopher Simon
Crime Specific Policing by Larry T. Hoover
Index

Editorial Reviews

The 17 contributions explore issues relating to managing police personnel and organizations and to the impacts of policing. Among the issues are intelligence and the selection of police recruits, police suicide, evaluating tactical patrols, institutional corruption, a national study of innovations in policing organizations, and crime-specific policing. No date is mentioned for the first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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