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"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."

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Author:   Michael D. Reisig (Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University) ,  Robert J. Kane (Professor of Criminology and Justice Policy, Professor of Criminology and Justice Policy, Drexel University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780190947316

ISBN 10:   0190947314
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   11 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"List of Contributors PART I: POLICING CONTEXTS 1. A Recent History of Police James J. Willis 2. Policing Urban Drug Markets Lallen Johnson 3. The Politics of Policing John L. Worrall 4. Police Organizations and the Iron Cage of Rationality Edward R. Maguire PART II: POLICING STRATEGIES 5. Problem-Oriented Policing: Principles, Practice, and Crime Prevention Anthony A. Braga 6. Order Maintenance Policing David Thacher 7. Community Policing Gary Cordner 8. Zero Tolerance and Policing Jack R. Greene 9. Policing Vulnerable Populations Melissa Schaefer Morabito PART III: POLICE AUTHORITY 10. Police Authority in Liberal-Consent Democracies: A Case for Anti-Authoritarian Cops Willem de Lint 11. Police Legitimacy Justice Tankebe 12. Police Coercion William Terrill 13. Restraint and Technology: Exploring Police Use of the TASER Through the Diffusion of Innovation Framework Michael D. White 14. Police Misconduct Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich PART IV: RACE/ETHNICITY AND POLICING 15. Police Race Relations Ronald Weitzer 16. Race, Place, and Policing the Inner-City Rod K. Brunson and Jacinta M. Gau 17. Racial Profiling Robin S. Engel and Derek M. Cohen 18. Illegal Immigration and Local Policing Melanie A. Taylor, Scott H. Decker, Doris M. Provine, Paul G. Lewis, and Monica W. Varsanyi PART V: VARIETIES OF POLICE RESEARCH 19. Police Administrative Records as Social Science Data Matthew J. Hickman 20. Using Community Surveys to Study Policing Wesley G. Skogan 21. Systematic Social Observation of the Police Robert E. Worden and Sarah J. McLean 22. Using Experimental Designs to Study Police Interventions Lorraine Mazerolle, Cynthia Lum, and Anthony A. Braga 23. Ethnographies of Policing Peter K. Manning PART VI: POLICING INTO THE FUTURE 24. Police Legitimacy in Action: Lessons for Theory and Policy Ben Bradford, Jonathan Jackson, and Mike Hough 25. Private Policing in Public Spaces Alison Wakefield and Mark Button 26. The Policing of Space: New Realities, Old Dilemmas Steve Herbert 27. Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Past, Present, and Future Prospects Gorazd Mesko, Andrej Sotlar, and Branko Lobnikar 28. Local Police and the ""War"" on Terrorism Brian Forst Index"

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Michael D. Reisig is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. Robert J. Kane is Professor and Department Head of Criminology and Justice Studies at Drexel University. He is the author of Jammed-Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department.

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