Police Behavior, Hiring, and Crime Fighting (eBook, ePUB)

An International View
Redaktion: Eterno, John A.; Das, Dilip K.; Scharff Peterson, Diana; Stickle, Ben

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection by internationally recognized authors provides essays on police behavior in the categories of police administration, police operations, and combatting specific crimes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000417401
• Artikelnr.: 62566373

Autorenporträt

John A. Eterno is a professor, associate dean, and director of graduate studies in criminal justice at Molloy College and a retired captain from the New York Police Department. Molloy College has recognized his accomplishments with awards in various areas, including research/publication, teaching, and service. He has penned numerous books, book chapters, articles, and editorials on topics in policing. Examples of his publications: an op-ed in the New York Times titled "Policing by the Numbers"; peer-reviewed articles in outlets such as Justice Quarterly, Public Administration Review, and Police Practice and Research; and books including The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation (with Eli B. Silverman), The New York City Police Department: The Impact of Its Policies and Practices, and The Detective's Handbook (with Cliff Roberson). Ben Stickle is an associate professor of criminal justice administration at Middle Tennessee State University. He holds a BA in sociology from Cedarville University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in justice administration from the University of Louisville. His research interests include policing, property crime, and emerging crime types (package theft and metal theft), focusing on opportunity theory and qualitative methods. Stickle has published in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Criminal Justice, Police Practice and Research, and Policing: An International Journal. He is the author of Metal Scrappers and Thieves: Scavenging for Survival and Profit. Diana Scharff Peterson has 20 years of experience in higher education teaching and leadership in the areas of research methods; comparative criminal justice systems; race, gender, class, and crime; statistics; criminology; sociology, and public policy analysis. Scharff Peterson is the liaison and representative for the International Police Executive Symposium (consultative status) for quarterly annual meetings at the United Nations in New York City, Geneva, and Vienna, including the Commission on the Status of Women in NYC, New York. Currently, Scharff Peterson is completing two concurrent Master's degrees at Arizona State University: Social Justice and Human Rights and Public Affairs (Emergency Management). Dilip K. Das is the president, International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), www.ipes.info. He has authored, edited, and co-edited more than 40 books and numerous articles. He is the series editor of Advances in Police Theory and Practice and International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications. He has traveled extensively throughout the world in comparative police research; as a visiting professor at various universities, including organizing annual conferences of the IPES; and as a human rights consultant to the United Nations.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Police Behavior; 1. Cultivating Well-Being Among Police Officers:
Examining Challenges in the Workplace; 2. An Interdisciplinary Perspective
on the Tragedy of Police-Citizen Encounters: From Social Dilemma via
Fairness to Coordination; 3. The Doctrine of Minimum Force in Policing:
Origins, Uncertainties, and Implications; 4. Perceptions of Police Officers
of the Floating Population: A Pilot Study of Community Justice Initiatives
in China; 5. Municipal Police Department's Use of Facebook: Exploring the
Potential for Differences Across Size Classifications; 6. Consent Decrees
on Police Organizations: Policies and Practices; 7. Police Discretion: An
Issue of Untestable Reasonability in A Law Enforcement Process; 8. The Role
of Legitimacy in Police Reform and Effectiveness: A Case Study on the
Bangladesh National Police; 9. Police Behavior and Public Understanding:
Insights and Innovations; Part II. Hiring and Training; 10. Hired with
Competence: An Examination of Police Hiring Standards in Canada; 11. An
Examination of Police Corruption Utilizing the Theory of Planned Behavior;
12. Relationship of Police Stress With Coping, Moral Reasoning, and
Burnout; 13. An Evaluation of Safety and Security: A South African
Perspective; 14. The Effects of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Policies
upon Hiring in US Municipal Police Departments: A Case Study of Mesa Police
Department, Mesa, AZ; Part III. Crime Control; 15. Policing Cybercrime: Is
There a Role for the Private Sector?; 16. Gunrunning 101: A How-To Guide
About What to Look For; 17. United We Stand: Collaborations to Combat Human
Trafficking in Central Florida; 18. Are Attacks Against Abortion Providers
Acts of Domestic Terrorism? A Three-Box Operational Sub-theory of Merton's
Anomie; 19. Freedom Versus Safety on the Roadway in Mesa, AZ: Analysis of
Distracted Driving Incidents; 20. An Overview of Wildlife Enforcement
Cooperation in Canada and North America; 21. A National Perspective on
Retail Theft; 22. Sustained Footwear Characteristics Across Athletic
Footwear Over Several Years: A Case Study of Impression Wear Patterns for
Investigative Value