Policing

A Text/Reader
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4129-9369-2
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 980 g

Reihe: SAGE Text/Reader Series in Criminology and Criminal Justice

An innovative Text/Reader featuring the best of both worlds: author-written text and carefully selected articles

Part of the SAGE Text/Reader Series in Criminology and Criminal Justice, this book provides an overview of the field of policing, including a collection of carefully selected classic and contemporary articles that have previously appeared in leading journals, along with original material in a mini-chapter format that contextualizes the concepts. It provides strong coverage on the basics of policing plus current and relevant topics such as female, gay and lesbian, and racial/ethnic minorities officers, policing issues in both rural and urban settings, police misconduct, accountability and ethics, and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Archbold, Carol A

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface and Introduction
PART I. OVERVIEW OF THE POLICE IN THE UNITED STATES
Section 1. The History of the Police
Section 2. Progressing Beyond Traditional Policing
Section 3. The Scope of American Law Enforcement
Section 4. Police Officers and Police Culture
Section 5. Career Paths of Police Officers
PART II. POLICE OPERATIONS AND EFFECTIVENESS
Section 6. Police Organization and Leadership
Section 7. Patrol, Investigations, and Innovations in Technology
Section 8. Police Effectiveness
Section 9. Police Liability and Accountability
PART III. POLICE AND SOCIETY
Section 10. Citizens and the Police: Perceptions and Interactions
Section 11. Discretion and the Police
Section 12. Police Deviance and Ethics
Section 13. Policing in the Present and Future
Glossary
Endnotes
Credits and Sources
Index
About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Archbold, Carol A
Carol A. Archbold is the Walter F. and Verna Gehrts Endowed Professor at North Dakota State University in the Department of Criminal Justice in Fargo, North Dakota. Her research interests include police accountability and liability, police misconduct, women in policing, and race issues in the criminal justice system. She has published articles in such peer-reviewed journals as Police Quarterly, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Journal of Crime and Justice. In 2004, Dr. Archbold published a book based on the first national study of the use of risk management in law enforcement in the United States, Police Accountability, Risk Management and Legal Advising (LFB Scholarly Publishing). She coauthored Women and Policing in America: Classic and Contemporary Readings (Wolters Kluwer/Aspen, 2011) and is the sole author of Policing: A Text/Reader (SAGE, 2013). Dr. Archbold is also coauthor (with Dr. Samuel Walker) of the second (2014) and third (2020) editions of The New World of Police Accountability.

Carol A. Archbold is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2002. Dr. Archbold’s research interests include women in policing, police accountability and liability, police handling of sexual assault cases, and police and race issues. She has published articles in such journals as Police Quarterly; Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management; International Journal of Police Science and Management; Police Practice and Research: An International Journal; Journal of Criminal Justice, and the Journal of Crime and Justice. In 2004, Dr. Archbold published a book based on the first national study of the use of risk management in law enforcement in the United States titled Police Accountability, Risk Management and Legal Advising (LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2004). Along with Samuel Walker and Leigh Herbst, she was a contributing author for Mediating Citizen Complaints Against Police Officers: A Guide for Police and Citizens, funded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. In 2011, Dr. Archbold authored Women and Policing in America: Classic and Contemporary Readings with Dorothy Moses Schulz and Kimberly Hassell (Aspen Publishing).

Dr. Archbold is currently involved in evaluations of a sexual abuse prevention program and a domestic violence prevention program provided to elementary school children in the Midwest. She is also studying the handling of sexual assault cases by police officers. In the fall of 2012, she will conduct a study of the impact of the oil “boom” on police agencies located in Western North Dakota.