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the fall of the professional-reform model of policing
Once considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers' acquittal in 1992. Unique to the literature of policing, management, and policy studies, Los Angeles Police Department Meltdown: The Fall of the Professional-Reform Model of Policing presents what can be considered the first and only existing research document truly explaining the reasons behind the LAPD's demise. The book reveals a special inside study performed by.
Parker's thin blue line: the professional/reform model of policing (PRM) -- The study: a qualitative analysis of LAPD's organizational dying declarations -- Assessing the meltdown -- The Rodney King incident -- Politicians, special interest groups, and community influences -- Hiring, promotions & affirmative action -- Management and administration -- Quantitative analyses -- Conclusions and policy recommendations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Advances in police theory and practice series ; 14