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Title Perspectives on policing : selected papers on policy, performance and crime prevention / Holly Wheeler, editor
Published New york : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2016]

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Series Law, crime and law enforcement
Law, crime and law enforcement.
Contents PERSPECTIVES ON POLICING SELECTED PAPERS ON POLICY, PERFORMANCE AND CRIME PREVENTION; PERSPECTIVES ON POLICING SELECTED PAPERS ON POLICY, PERFORMANCE AND CRIME PREVENTION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CRIME AND POLICING REVISITED ; WHAT WAS KNOWN PRIOR TO THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING; WHAT THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING PROPOSED; WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING; THE WORK OF THE SECOND EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING AND PUBLIC SAFETY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE
Chapter 2: TOWARD A PROFESSION OF POLICE LEADERSHIPINTRODUCTION; WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?; LEADERSHIP AND THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING LEADERS, LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS; CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPING LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 3: RIGHTFUL POLICING; INTRODUCTION; TWO VIEWS: MORE LAW? OR LESS CRIME?; RIGHTFUL POLICING: IT'S ABOUT LEGITIMACY; PUTTING LEGITIMACY TO WORK; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICING; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 4: FROM WARRIORS TO GUARDIANS: RECOMMITTING AMERICAN POLICE CULTURE TO DEMOCRATIC IDEALS; INTRODUCTION
RECAPTURING THE FABRIC OF COMMUNITYCHANGING THE POLICE CULTURE FROM WARRIORS TO GUARDIANS; TRANSFORMING POLICE TRAINING IN WASHINGTON STATE; CONCLUSION; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 5: RACE AND POLICING: AN AGENDA FOR ACTION; STRATEGIC VOICE; TACTICAL AGENCY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 6: THE POLICE AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON ''BLACK-ON-BLACK'' VIOLENCE; INTRODUCTION; THE DISTORTING ROLE OF MASS NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF URBAN VIOLENCE; BLACK HOMICIDE VICTIMIZATION AND BLACK HOMICIDE OFFENDING RATES; HOW WEAK DESCRIPTIONS FURTHER ERODE COMMUNITY TRUST AND CONFIDENCE; CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 7: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICE; STRESS, TRAUMA AND PARENTAL PROTECTION; THE CHILD'S RESPONSE TO REPEATED TRAUMA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN LATER LIFE; PREVALENCE OF TRAUMA-RELATED DIFFICULTIES AMONG PERSONS EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE; IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICING; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; OTHER RESOURCES; Chapter 8: MEASURING PERFORMANCE IN A MODERN POLICE ORGANIZATION; INTRODUCTION; WHO IS FLYING THIS AIRPLANE, AND WHAT KIND OF TRAINING HAVE THEY HAD?; SCENARIOS FOR POLICE EXECUTIVES
BROADER FRAMEWORKS FOR MONITORING AND MEASUREMENTON SETTING GOALS USING PERFORMANCE METRICS; A CLOSER LOOK AT CRIME REDUCTION AS THE BOTTOM LINE OF POLICING; INTEGRITY ISSUES RELATED TO COMPSTAT AND CRIME REPORTING AT THE NYPD; IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPSTAT-LIKE SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; AUTHOR NOTE; INDEX
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Police -- United States.
Police administration -- United States
Crime -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Crime
Police
Police administration
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Wheeler, Holly, editor
LC no. 2020679155
ISBN 9781634845564
1634845560