| Description |
viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Police and policing -- Introduction -- Nature of sociology -- Preview of chapters -- Summary -- 2. Origins of the police idea -- Introduction -- Types of policing : some definitions -- Patterns of solidarity and types of policing -- Liberty versus civility : the tension surrounding the police idea -- The role of elites in creation of modern police -- Summary -- 3. the police organization -- Introduction -- The contradictory normative environment of police organizations -- Styles of police and community context -- The police bureaucracy -- The police bureaucracy in operation -- Summary -- 4. Police socilization -- Introduction -- Traditional police socialization -- Changes in police socialization -- Summary -- 5. Routine policing -- Introduction -- Typifications and recipes for action -- Routine policing -- Summary -- 6. Police misconduct -- Introduction -- Organizational deviance -- Police misconduct as organizational deviance -- Summary -- 7. Controlling police and policing -- Introduction -- Problems of contolling police and policing -- Previous solutions -- Alternative solutions -- Summary |
| Bibliography |
Index |
| Subject |
Police -- United States.
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Police.
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| LC no. |
79020124 |
| ISBN |
0030425514 (paperback) |
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