The Politics Of Law Enforcement
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Author |
: Alan Edward Bent |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:B3918854 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Law Enforcement by : Alan Edward Bent
This book is a study of urban police and their interest in obtaining power as individuals within the organization and collectively within the community. Urban society, beset by increases in crime and violence and the growing irrelevancy of primary socializing agents, must look to the police, the institutionalized control agency, for the preservation of peace, order, and tranquility in the community. The dilemma of a democratic society is how to give the police sufficient power to perform their role effectively, while at the same time maintaining restraints on the police in order to prevent abuses to democratic principles. This book looks at the discretionary conduct of policemen and whether adequate accountability measures exist -- and, if not, whether they can be realized, while allowing for the necessary development of police capabilities in the performance of requisite functions. In its focus on the behavior of police officials and the relationship of the police bureaucracy to the urban political system, the work strives to be both descriptive and prescriptive. The author uses examples from a cross-section of American cities and focuses on Memphis, Tennessee to illustrate the political events and social factors which effect policing. Collective police power is measured by the extent of their discretionary authority and freedom from external controls, individual power is perceived by the rational strategies on the part of police officials striving to attain or consolidate their personal power positions in the organization. Implicit in the police's struggle for power -- both personal and collective -- is the existence of conflict with challenging institutional and environmental forces and actors.
Author |
: Erica Marat |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190861490 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190861495 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Police Reform by : Erica Marat
What does it take to reform a post-Soviet police force? This book explores the conditions in which a meaningful transformation of the police is likely to succeed and when it will fail. Based on the analysis of five post-Soviet countries that have officially embarked on police reform efforts, Erica Marat examines various pathways to transforming how the state relates to society through policing.
Author |
: Michael D. Reisig |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 697 |
Release |
: 2014-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199843893 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199843899 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing by : Michael D. Reisig
The police are perhaps the most visible representation of government. They are charged with what has been characterized as an "impossible" mandate -- control and prevent crime, keep the peace, provide public services -- and do so within the constraints of democratic principles. The police are trusted to use deadly force when it is called for and are allowed access to our homes in cases of emergency. In fact, police departments are one of the few government agencies that can be mobilized by a simple phone call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are ubiquitous within our society, but their actions are often not well understood. The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing brings together research on the development and operation of policing in the United States and elsewhere. Accomplished policing researchers Michael D. Reisig and Robert J. Kane have assembled a cast of renowned scholars to provide an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the institution of policing. The different sections of the Handbook explore policing contexts, strategies, authority, and issues relating to race and ethnicity. The Handbook also includes reviews of the research methodologies used by policing scholars and considerations of the factors that will ultimately shape the future of policing, thus providing persuasive insights into why and how policing has developed, what it is today, and what to expect in the future. Aimed at a wide audience of scholars and students in criminology and criminal justice, as well as police professionals, the Handbook serves as the definitive resource for information on this important institution.
Author |
: Janis Appier |
Publisher |
: Temple University Press |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1566395607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781566395601 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Policing Women by : Janis Appier
Today, we take female police officers and workers for granted. But what is the truth behind the scenes? Author Janis Appier traces the origins of women in police work beginning in 1910, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern police work one of the more male dominated occupations in the United States. 12 illustrations.
Author |
: Stuart A. Scheingold |
Publisher |
: Quid Pro Books |
Total Pages |
: 451 |
Release |
: 2011-01-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610270380 |
ISBN-13 |
: 161027038X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Law and Order by : Stuart A. Scheingold
Foundational and renowned study of how politicians and others use crime rates -- and most of all the public perception of street crime, whether or not it is accurate -- for their own purposes. Dr. Scheingold also provides a theoretical and historical basis for his views. The follow-up to the landmark book The Politics of Rights, this text is both supported in research and accessible and interesting to readers everywhere. Features new 2010 Foreword by Berkeley law professor Malcolm Feeley. A work that is both "timely and timeless," writes Feeley, it "is important for what it says -- and how it says it -- about American crime and crime policy, as well as American political culture. It speaks truth to power today as much as it did when it was first published." As recently noted by Amherst College's Austin Sarat, Scheingold "was quite simply one of the world's leading commentators on law and politics."
Author |
: Mathieu Deflem |
Publisher |
: Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 330 |
Release |
: 2016-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786350299 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786350297 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Policing by : Mathieu Deflem
Developments and problems associated with police power are at the very front of current public debate. This volume addresses contemporary issues of policing with a focus on the characteristics of police power as a coercive force in society and its continued need for legitimacy in a democratic social order.
Author |
: Robert Reiner |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 360 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015029255273 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of the Police by : Robert Reiner
An updated survey of the history, sociology and legal-political aspects of Britain's police force. Discussing the effects of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1986) and recent developments in police accountability, it looks at the current state of policing, reform initiatives and future trends.
Author |
: Jennifer Carlson |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2020-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691205861 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691205868 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Policing the Second Amendment by : Jennifer Carlson
An urgent look at the relationship between guns, the police, and race The United States is steeped in guns, gun violence—and gun debates. As arguments rage on, one issue has largely been overlooked—Americans who support gun control turn to the police as enforcers of their preferred policies, but the police themselves disproportionately support gun rights over gun control. Yet who do the police believe should get gun access? When do they pursue aggressive enforcement of gun laws? And what part does race play in all of this? Policing the Second Amendment unravels the complex relationship between the police, gun violence, and race. Rethinking the terms of the gun debate, Jennifer Carlson shows how the politics of guns cannot be understood—or changed—without considering how the racial politics of crime affect police attitudes about guns. Drawing on local and national newspapers, interviews with close to eighty police chiefs, and a rare look at gun licensing processes, Carlson explores the ways police talk about guns, and how firearms are regulated in different parts of the country. Examining how organizations such as the National Rifle Association have influenced police perspectives, she describes a troubling paradox of guns today—while color-blind laws grant civilians unprecedented rights to own, carry, and use guns, people of color face an all-too-visible system of gun criminalization. This racialized framework—undergirding who is “a good guy with a gun” versus “a bad guy with a gun”—informs and justifies how police understand and pursue public safety. Policing the Second Amendment demonstrates that the terrain of gun politics must be reevaluated if there is to be any hope of mitigating further tragedies.
Author |
: Erika Fairchild |
Publisher |
: SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 170 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015016184445 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Crime and Criminal Justice by : Erika Fairchild
The editors examine politics, crime, and criminal justice in the US against a background of attempts to re-establish political accountability for the criminal justice process. Most of the articles are based on original field research across a large number of jurisdictions and approaches. 'Politics' is here defined as the relations of power and influence that occur between those who are professionally involved in the criminal justice system, and those who are part of the political apparatus.
Author |
: Wilson Edward Reed |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2013-06-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135023218 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135023212 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Community Policing by : Wilson Edward Reed
First published in 1999. As with the other volumes in this series, readers will appreciate the clear and compelling way this case study is presented. Reed critiques the way in which political and economic dynamics not only threaten, but convolute the intended benefits of community policing. Although you may not always agree with the author's interpretations, he has given us a compelling look at the potential for corruption of model programs.