INTRODUCTION TO POLICE ADMINISTRATION - A SYSTEMS/BEHAVIORAL APPROACH WITH CASE STUDIES INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE WITH TESTS

• NCJ Number: 59510
• Author(s): R SHEEHAN; G W CORDNER
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 111 pages
• Corporate Author: Addison-Wesley Publishing
• Sale Source: Addison-Wesley Publishing
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS TEXT IS DESIGNED FOR USE BY INSTRUCTORS IN THE PREPARATION OF POLICE ADMINISTRATORS; CLASSROOM EXERCISES, DISCUSSION TOPICS, TEST QUESTIONS, AND CASE STUDIES ARE INCLUDED.

Abstract

THE TEST IS BASED ON A SYSTEMS-BEHAVIORAL CASE STUDY APPROACH TO POLICE ADMINISTRATION. IT IS WRITTEN SOLELY AS AN UNDERGRADUATE TEXT AND, THEREFORE, IS NOT AS COMPREHENSIVE IN SCOPE AS AN ADVANCED OR GRADUATE-LEVEL POLICE ADMINISTRATION TEXT. FOURTEEN LESSONS PERTAIN TO: POLICE ADMINISTRATION FROM HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES; SYSTEMS APPROACH TO POLICE ADMINISTRATION; BASIC POLICE SUBSYSTEM TASKS (OPERATIONS, ADMINISTRATION, AND AUXILIARY SERVICES); BASIC PRINCIPLES OF POLICE ORGANIZATION; BASIC FUNCTIONS OF POLICE MANAGEMENT (PLANNING, ORGANIZING, STAFFING, DIRECTING, CONTROLLING, AND SYSTEM BUILDING); POLICE CHIEFS; INDIVIDUALS IN POLICE ORGANIZATIONS; GROUPS IN POLICE ORGANIZATIONS; LEADERSHIP IN POLICE ORGANIZATIONS; COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION FLOW; POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS; CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICE ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENT; AND BASIC ISSUES IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION (OBJECTIVES OF POLICING, MEANS AND ENDS CONTROVERSIES, PUBLIC CONTROL OVER POLICING, DUE PROCESS OF LAW, PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFECTIVENESS, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DISCRETION). THE USE OF SIX CASE STUDIES INCORPORATED IN THE TEXT IS EXPLAINED.