Contemporary issues in law enforcement and policing

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Title:

Author:

Millie, Andrew.

ISBN:

9781420072150

Publication Information:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

General Note:

"... most of the chapters appeared in special issues of the PPR"--P. xiv.

Contents:

Searching for stress in all the wrong places : combating chronic organizational stressors in policing / Jeanne B. Stinchcomb -- Constructing the 'other' within police culture : an analysis of a deviant unit within the police organization / Venessa Garcia -- Corruption and the blue code of silence / Jerome H. Skolnick -- Survey of innovations in the development and maintenance of ethical standards by Australian police departments / Tim Prenzler and Carol Ronken -- Terrorism old and new : counterterrorism in Canada / Stéphane Leman-Langlois and Jean-Paul Brodeur -- Policing terrorism : a threat to community policing or just a shift in priorities? / John Murray

The hotspot matrix : a framework for the spatio-temporal targeting of crime reduction / Jerry H. Ratcliffe -- Catching a serial rapist : hits and misses in criminal profiling / Per Stangeland -- Restorative policing in Canada : Royal Canadian mounted police, community justice forums, and Youth Criminal Justice Act / Jharna Chatterjee and Liz Elliott -- Police reform, restorative justice, and restorative policing / Gordon Bazemore and Curt Griffiths.

Abstract:

"Rising terrorism and advancing technology, as well as new organizational strategies and investigative techniques, have stretched the traditional role of police officers. Drawn from articles in Police Practice and Research, Contemporary Issues in Law Enforcement and Policing focuses on the most common issues affecting today's officers."--BOOK JACKET.

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Police practice & research.

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Rising terrorism and advances in technology, along with new organizational strategies and investigative techniques, have stretched the traditional role of the police officer. Calls for strong, intelligence-driven, paramilitary policing juxtaposed with a demand for "softer" community policing, leave officers under increased pressure to be tough and resolute, yet compassionate, accountable, and adaptable. A measured analysis of these concerns is crucial to enable police officers to move forward in this increasingly conflicted world
Drawn from the most important articles in Police Practice and Research , Contemporary Issues in Law Enforcement and Policing focuses on the most common issues affecting today's officers. Enhanced with an introduction and conclusion to present and weigh the arguments and consider the pragmatic aspects and challenges posed, the articles are written by academics and practicing police officers from four countries to provide a balanced, international point of view.
Assessing the driving forces behind contemporary policing, this book--

· Addresses day-to-day policing and the stress found in both the daily grind and the division and stigmatization of certain branches of the force

· Considers ethics, corruption, and the dangers of misplaced loyalties, highlighting Australian strategies to prevent misconduct

· Provides a typology of terrorism based on scope and justification and discusses appropriate counterterrorism measures, as well as the impact on other policing priorities

· Introduces a temporal component to the traditional spatial emphasis of crime mapping supported by a Madrid case study and its revealing failures

· Discusses restorative policing as a fundamental shift in intervention objectives, from punishment or treatment to an emphasis on repairing harm

An objective look at today's trends, this book presents the most pertinent and talked-about issues in modern policing and provides perspective and direction for the future.