NCJ Number
142724
Editor(s)
R G Dunham,
G P Alpert
Date Published
1993
Length
622 pages
Annotation
These 33 papers focus on crucial issues in law enforcement, with emphasis on the importance of involving community members in decisions concerning law enforcement, including tasks, objectives, and goals.
Abstract
Accompanying each group of papers is a short introduction that summarizes the main themes and issues in the readings. The first section, an introduction and historical overview, focuses on the social context in which the police function. The subsequent sections focus on police personnel selection, training, and socialization; police management and police internal organizations; police misconduct and its control; minority police; community policing; police use of force; and hazards such as police occupational stress, police deaths, and police response to domestic violence. Tables, figures, chapter notes and reference lists, and index