Understanding Today's Police / Edition 4

by Mark L. Dantzker

Overview

This volume provides readers with a thorough exploration of the many facets of today's policing—starting with the role of today's police officer. It offers a mixture of theory and practicality highlighted by real experiences, observations, and anecdotes. The volume addresses the police role in our society, patrol issues, criminal investigations and other support units, plus organization and management, the use of discretion, relating to the community, recruitment, quality police personnel, women police officers, the personality of police officers, and issues today and tomorrow. For those interested in an examination of policing today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781881798620
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Edition description:	Older Edition
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Police Role in Our Society.
2. Policing: From a Systems Perspective.
3. Patrol.
4. Criminal Investigations and Other Support Units.
5. Organization and Management.
6. Police and the Law.
7. The Use of Discretion.
8. Relating to the Community.
9. Community-Oriented Policing.
10. Quality Police Personnel.
11. Women Police Officers.
12. The Personality of Police Officers.
13. Issues: Today and Tomorrow.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

One of the new wave of policing textbooks reflecting modern practice when it was published in 1995. As in the first edition, Dantzker (criminal justice, Trinity Valley Community College) mixes theory and practicality highlighted by real experiences, observations, and anecdotes. However he updates the example cases and adds new photographs and cartoons. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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