Ross Wolf, Carol Borland Jones

Volunteer Police, Choosing to Serve (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring, Comparing, and Assessing Volunteer Policing in the United States and the United Kingdom

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Budget cuts for police agencies across the globe have resulted in the need to find innovative ways to restructure and reallocate police agencies and personnel. This book gives an overview of the US and UK policing systems and the impact of volunteerism. It delves into the history, contemporary role, and functions of volunteer police and addresses issues such as training, personality profiles, the global state, and the future implications of the increase in volunteer police. It is geared toward upper-level undergraduate criminal justice and criminology students and professionals in police agencies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351030762
• Artikelnr.: 56887268

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ross Wolf is Associate Dean in the College of Health and Public Affairs and Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. He also serves as Reserve Chief Deputy with the Orange County (Florida) Sheriff's Office. He was appointed to and serves on the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Police Administration Committee and on the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) Outreach Committee and Reserve Law Enforcement Subcommittee. In 2017 he was appointed to the Board of Governors for the Global Society of Homeland and National Security Professionals and was named Visiting Fellow by the University of Northampton's Institute for Public Safety, Crime, and Justice in the United Kingdom. Dr. Wolf has authored over 30 refereed articles, book chapters, and books on police interviewing, police administration and management, reserve and volunteer policing, police use of force, tourism policing, and international policing. Among other achievements, he has received the United States "Daily Point of Light" Award, the National Sheriffs' Association "Medal of Merit" Award, and the United States Presidential "Lifetime Call to Service" Award for his work with volunteer and reserve policing.

Dr. Carol Borland Jones is a Research Associate at the University of Northampton's Institute for Public Safety, Crime, and Justice. Prior to taking on this role, she worked as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chester and the University of Gloucestershire. She has authored refereed articles, book chapters, and books on reserve and volunteer policing, tourism and crime, policing tourism, and victims. Dr. Borland Jones has worked on a number of research programs and is currently collaborating on studies into the role of volunteers in UK policing. She has worked as consultant to Victim Support, Republic of Mauritius, and collaborated with academics in Australia, Ghana, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Defining Volunteer Policing 2. The Impact of Volunteer
Policing 3. The Utilization and Deployment of Volunteer Police in the UK
and USA 4. History of Volunteer Policing 5. The Contemporary Role and
Functions of Volunteer Police 6. Training Volunteer Police 7. A Comparison
of USA/UK Volunteer Policing 8. Volunteer Policing around the Globe 9. What
the Future Holds for Volunteer Policing