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An introduction to policing / John S. Dempsey, Linda S. Forst.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Australia ; Clifton Park, NY : Delmar Cengage Learning, 2009.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxi, 598 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781435480537
  • 1435480538
  • 1435485483
  • 9781435485488
Other title:
  • Policing
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV8139 D39
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I : Police history and organization. Police hsitory -- Organizing public and private security in the United States -- Organizing the police department -- Part II : The personal side of policing. Becoming a police officer -- The police role and police discretion -- Police culture, personality, and police stress -- Minorities in policing -- Police ethics and police deviance -- Part III : Police operations. Patrol operations -- Investigations -- Police and the community -- Community policing : the debate continues -- Police and the law -- Part IV : Critical issues in policing. Computers, technology, and criminalistics in policing -- Homeland security.
Summary: This book is about Law enforcement, American policing, organizing puplic and private security in the United States. Including the personal side of policing, police operation, critical issues in policing, technology and homeland security.
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Books Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College General stacks Reference HV8139 D39 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 2024-2521

Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-577) and index.

Part I : Police history and organization. Police hsitory -- Organizing public and private security in the United States -- Organizing the police department -- Part II : The personal side of policing. Becoming a police officer -- The police role and police discretion -- Police culture, personality, and police stress -- Minorities in policing -- Police ethics and police deviance -- Part III : Police operations. Patrol operations -- Investigations -- Police and the community -- Community policing : the debate continues -- Police and the law -- Part IV : Critical issues in policing. Computers, technology, and criminalistics in policing -- Homeland security.

This book is about Law enforcement, American policing, organizing puplic and private security in the United States. Including the personal side of policing, police operation, critical issues in policing, technology and homeland security.

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