The Police and the Community

, by Carter, David L.; Radalet, Louis A., deceased

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ISBN: 9780130410634 | 0130410632
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/3/2001

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This leading book presents a comprehensive introduction to community policingone of the most significant recent trends in policing, and related topics which are central to the effective management of the police community relationship.It integrates contemporary discussions of the community policing/problem solving concepts with systematic issues, at the same time covering the important transition from traditional practices in police-community relations to the new programs of community policing. Comprehensive coverage includes racial profiling, an original discussion of new and emerging technologies (e-policing), and an updated treatment of ethics and integrity issues.For law enforcement personnel.

Preface

xiii

Part One Fundamentals

(118)

Foundation

(32)

Some History

(3)

Implications

(1)

Authority

(2)

Authority and the Police

(1)

Authority and Compliance

(1)

A Contemporary Framework

(6)

The Law Enforcement Steering Committee

(1)

PCR Program Development in the United States

(9)

Law Enforcement Accreditation

(6)

State, County, and Local Police in the United States

(2)

The Exercise in Police-Community Relations

(2)

General and Particular Perceptions

(1)

The Traditional Tripod Approach

(1)

Some Implications

(1)

Questions for Discussion

(1)

Notes

(2)

The Concept of Community Alliance

(20)

The Theoretical Context

(1)

Critical Obstacles in an Effective Community Alliance

(7)

Balancing the Issues

(6)

The Citizen Police Academy

(2)

The Houston Citizen Patrol Program

(5)

Stability on the Horizon

(4)

Taking the Next Step

(1)

Questions for Discussion

(1)

Notes

(2)

Community Policing: Milestones and Fundamentals

(39)

Milestones of Development

(3)

Research on Which Community Policing Was Developed

(7)

Nonpatrol Research and Initiatives Lending Support to the Community

(1)

Policing Concept

(3)

A Synthesis of Implications from the Research

(2)

The Scope of Community Policing Initiatives

(6)

Ingredients Necessary for Community Policing to Work

(2)

Applications of the Community Policing Concept: Some Landmark Models

(1)

Community Policing in Australia

(21)

Other Programming Initiatives

(8)

A Critique of Community Policing

(2)

What's in a Name?

(1)

So What's the Bottom Line?

(1)

The Proof Is in the Pudding

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Questions for Discussion

(1)

Notes

(2)

Ethics and the Police

(25)

Moral Philosophy in Colleges

(1)

The Community Dimension

(1)

About Teaching Ethics

(2)

Professional Ethics

100

(1)

An Operational View of Ethics for Police

101

(8)

Police Deception and Lying

109

(4)

Whistle Blowing

113

(1)

Some Concluding Reflections

114

(1)

Questions for Discussion

115

(1)

Notes

116

(3)

Part Two The Paradox of Policing

119

(130)

The Role Dilemma of the Police

121

(18)

Conflicting Expectations

121

(1)

Historical Perspectives

122

(3)

More Precisely, What's the Issue?

125

(2)

Ramifications

127

(2)

The Benchmark

129

(2)

Law and Order

131

(1)

Views from Other Countries

132

(3)

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

132

(3)

Role Theory

135

(1)

The Complication of Community Policing

136

(1)

Questions for Discussion

137

(1)

Notes

137

(2)

Role and Professionalism

139

(22)

The Idea of Professionalism

139

(1)

Marks of a Profession

140

(1)

Social Change and Professionalism

141

(1)

Bureaucracy and Professionalism

141

(1)

Professionalism and the Police

142

(3)

Order Maintenance Reconsidered

145

(1)

Efficiency Versus Effectiveness

146

(2)

Professionalism and Community Policing

148

(1)

So What's the Message?

148

(1)

Some Remaining Thoughts

149

(2)

Professionalism and Education

151

(7)

Police Education and Race/Ethnicity

152

(6)

The Issue of Police Unions

158

(1)

Where Are we Going with Police Professionalism?

158

(1)

Questions for Discussion

159

(1)

Notes

159

(2)

Role and Police Discretion

161

(16)

The Nature and Need for Police Discretion

162

(1)

The Issue

162

(1)

The Issue Elaborated

163

(2)

Discretion Versus Discrimination

165

(1)

The Control of Discretion

166

(2)

Legal Grounds for Police Discretion

168

(1)

Discretion and Accrediation

168

(3)

The Gravity of the Issue

171

(1)

Discretion and Community Policing

172

(1)

Education and Discretion

173

(1)

Closing Observation

174

(1)

Questions for Discussion

174

(1)

Notes

175

(2)

The Self-Image of the Police Officer

177

(26)

The Morale Problem

177

(1)

The Socialization Process in Childhood

178

(1)

Occupational Socialization

179

(1)

Multiple Roles, Multiple Selves

180

(1)

The Police Officer's Self-Image

181

(2)

Why Become a Police Officer?

183

(1)

Securing Qualified Personnel for Police Work

184

(3)

Seeing Oneself as a Professional

187

(2)

Anomie and Cynicism

189

(1)

Psychological Stress

190

(1)

The Subculture of the Police

191

(4)

Personality Type and Policing

195

(1)

Predicting Success in Police Work

196

(1)

More About Police Values

197

(2)

Change

199

(1)

Some Final Thoughts

200

(1)

Questions for Discussion

200

(1)

Notes

200

(3)

The Public Image of the Police

203

(46)

General and Specific Images

205

(1)

Factors That Shape the Public Image

206

(15)

Surveying the Public

221

(4)

Crime in the Nation's Households

222

(3)

A Closer Look at Citizens' Attitudes

225

(1)

How Minorities View the Police and Vice Versa

226

(3)

Police and Policed as Adversaries

229

(2)

A Psychiatric View of the Adversarial Relationship

231

(1)

Other Views of the Adversarial Relationship

231

(1)

Police Performance and Image

232

(2)

Police Misconduct and Corruption

234

(10)

Complaints Against the Police

234

(10)

The Police and Crime

244

(2)

Summary

246

(1)

Questions for Discussion

246

(1)

Notes

247

(2)

Part Three Persistent Problems

249

(136)

Perception, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

251

(28)

The Perception Process

252

(3)

Perception and Role Performance

255

(2)

Perception and Attitudes

257

(2)

Communication

259

(2)

Prejudice

261

(11)

Minority Groups

272

(2)

Rumor and Prejudice

274

(1)

Hostility and Threat

275

(1)

Dealing with Prejudice

276

(1)

Questions for Discussion

277

(1)

Notes

277

(2)

Police, Demography, and Minority Issues

279

(43)

Group Relationships

279

(1)

Social Processes

280

(2)

Social Control

282

(1)

Social Change and Social Control

283

(1)

The Community and Social Control

284

(1)

Racial Profiling

285

(13)

The Plight of Our Cities

298

(2)

Tools to Invole Parents in Gang Prevention

299

(1)

Poverty as a Social Force

300

(2)

The Police and Minorities: A Closer Look

302

(2)

Abuse of Authority and Excessive Force

304

(7)

Police Chiefs' Reaction to the Excessive Force Conflict in Los Angeles

305

(6)

Complaints by Minorities and Complaints by the Police: ``Never the Twain Shall Meet''---Perhaps...

311

(2)

Cognitive Dissonance

313

(2)

Minority Police Officers

315

(3)

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