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Issues and controversies in policing today /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nhan, Johnny, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Subjects:
Police > United States.
Police administration > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of American policing
  • The police subculture
  • Officer selection and training
  • The officer experience and changes to an individual
  • Police and the media: myths and realities of police work
  • Police brutality and use of force
  • Racial profiling
  • The politics of policing and reducing crime
  • Career stages and the mental and physical toll of police work
  • Women in policing
  • Racial minority and LGBTQ cops
  • Community policing and contemporary strategies
  • Policing in the new age of crime: Terrorism, cyberspace and white-collar crime
  • The police and social media
  • Risk, technology, surveillance, and the future of policing.