Policing America
, by Peak, Kenneth J.
- ISBN: 9780137269105 | 0137269102
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/1/1993
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Historical Development | p. 1 |
| English and Colonial Officers of the Law | p. 2 |
| The Old English System of Policing | p. 5 |
| Police Reform in England and America, 1829-1860 | p. 10 |
| Early Issues in American Policing | p. 13 |
| American Policing, 1850-1910 | p. 14 |
| Meanwhile, on the Western Frontier... | p. 17 |
| The Era of August Vollmer, 1905-1932 | p. 21 |
| The Wickersham Commission | p. 26 |
| Levels, Roles, and Functions | p. 30 |
| Federal Law Enforcement Agencies | p. 30 |
| A Profile of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies | p. 49 |
| Some Concerns about Small Law Enforcement Agencies | p. 55 |
| Practitioner's Perspective: "Consolidated Law Enforcement" | p. 57 |
| Roles and Functions of the Police | p. 60 |
| The Influence of Research on Law Enforcement Functions | p. 63 |
| Police Subculture: The Making of a Cop | p. 73 |
| The Process Begins: Hiring and Training New Personnel | p. 74 |
| Probationary Status: In-Service Training and Education | p. 88 |
| Higher Education and Police | p. 90 |
| Having the "Right Stuff": A Working Personality | p. 93 |
| Women in Law Enforcement | p. 99 |
| Minorities in Law Enforcement | p. 102 |
| Organization and Administration | p. 113 |
| Organization of the Police | p. 114 |
| Administration of Police Administration | p. 119 |
| Today's Police Manager | p. 124 |
| Roles of the Law Enforcement Executive: A Model | p. 125 |
| Contemporary Police Chiefs and Sheriffs | p. 131 |
| Unionization and Job Actions | p. 137 |
| Police Officers' Bill of Rights | p. 141 |
| Police and Politics | p. 142 |
| Changing Times: Cutting Services, Restructuring Priorities | p. 147 |
| Patrol: Personnel, Methods, and Operations | p. 152 |
| Origins of the Patrol Function | p. 153 |
| New Light Shed on Old Patrol Methods | p. 153 |
| Back to Basics: Community Policing | p. 157 |
| The Patrol Officer at Work | p. 170 |
| Officers' Firearms | p. 175 |
| Officers' Drug Use and Testing Officers for Drugs | p. 177 |
| Patrol Allocation and Evaluation | p. 178 |
| Discretionary Use of Police Authority | p. 183 |
| Use of Selective Enforcement and Crackdowns | p. 186 |
| The Traffic Function | p. 188 |
| Criminal Investigation: The Science of Detection | p. 198 |
| The Scope of "Forensic Science" and "Criminalistics" | p. 199 |
| Origins of Criminalistics | p. 200 |
| The Evolution of Criminal Investigation | p. 205 |
| Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice System | p. 208 |
| The Detective: Qualities, Functions, Limitations | p. 212 |
| The Crime Laboratory in Criminal Investigation | p. 214 |
| Behavioral Science in Criminal Investigation | p. 217 |
| Recent Developments in Forensic Science | p. 219 |
| A Major Breakthrough: DNA Analysis | p. 225 |
| Extraordinary Problems and Methods | p. 235 |
| Policing the Mafia | p. 236 |
| Policing the "Back-Country Beat": Small and Rural Jurisdictions | p. 243 |
| Policing in Boomtowns | p. 246 |
| Policing the Homeless | p. 247 |
| Policing America's Borders | p. 250 |
| Policing Teen Gangs and Violence | p. 255 |
| On Guard: Private Policing in America | p. 261 |
| Special Operations: Hostage Negotiation and Weapons Tactics | p. 267 |
| Police, Courts, and the Rule of Law | p. 274 |
| Finding and Understanding the Law | p. 275 |
| The Supreme Court and the Police | p. 276 |
| The Rule of Law | p. 278 |
| Juvenile Rights | p. 296 |
| Accountability: Police Issues and Problems | p. 302 |
| Police and the Community | p. 304 |
| Police Violence and the Use of Force | p. 313 |
| LAPD and Rodney King: The Blows Heard Around the World | p. 318 |
| Police Corruption | p. 327 |
| Civil Liability: The Outgrowth of Failure | p. 340 |
| A Legal Foundation | p. 341 |
| Police in the Camcorder era | p. 352 |
| Personal Costs of Doing the Job | p. 356 |
| A Violent Society, an Outgunned Police | p. 357 |
| Stressors in Law Enforcement | p. 362 |
| Individual Reactions to Stress | p. 370 |
| Methods of Managing Stress | p. 375 |
| Comparative Perspectives | p. 386 |
| Policing in China | p. 387 |
| Policing in South Africa | p. 392 |
| Policing in Northern Ireland | p. 397 |
| Policing in Mexico | p. 403 |
| INTERPOL | p. 408 |
| Challenges of the Future | p. 417 |
| Predicting the Future | p. 418 |
| The Changing Face of America | p. 423 |
| The Changing Pattern of Crime | p. 424 |
| Law Enforcement, Change, and the Technology of the Future | p. 425 |
| Chances for Police Change | p. 431 |
| Careers in Law Enforcement | p. 439 |
| Why a Career in Law Enforcement? | p. 439 |
| Preparation for Job Hunting | p. 440 |
| Careers in Federal Law Enforcement | p. 441 |
| Careers in State Law Enforcement | p. 443 |
| Careers in County and Local Law Enforcement | p. 445 |
| Appendix I "In the Line of Duty": Accounts of Some Who Have Fallen | p. 447 |
| Appendix II Glossary of Police Terms and Associations | p. 453 |
| Index | p. 468 |
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