Transforming the Police (From Public Policy, Crime, and Criminal Justice, Second Edition, P 203-226, 2000, Barry W. Hancock and Paul M. Sharp, eds. -- See NCJ-183970)

• NCJ Number: 183961
• Author(s): Stephen D. Mastrofski; Craig D. Uchida
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 24 pages
• Sale Source: Prentice-Hall, Inc
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Collected Work
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Reprinted from Stephen D. Mastrofski and Craig D. Uchida, "Transforming the Police," Crime and Delinquency (Vol. 30, No. 3), pp. 330-358, 1993, Sage Publications, Inc.

Annotation

This essay focuses on the theme of change that runs through various avenues of police reform in the next century that are articulated in three books on problem-oriented policing, policing domestic violence, and police use of excessive force.

Abstract

Authors of the three books are Herman Goldstein, Lawrence Sherman, Jerome Skolnick, and James Fyfe. Comments are offered on the observations and arguments of each book, with emphasis on such issues as progressive reform, the science of policing, the legal context of policing, and police organizations and their environments. A framework is suggested for evaluating the larger implications of change advocated by the three books. 42 references and 11 notes