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Police-community relations and the administration of justice / Ronald D. Hunter, Thomas Barker, Pamela D. Mayhall.
Record details
- ISBN: 0132193728
- ISBN: 9780132193726
- Physical Description: xv, 444 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Edition: 7th ed.
- Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The administration of justice and the police -- Introduction -- The idea of justice -- Justice defined -- The mission of a justice system -- The challenges of administering justice in a free society -- The components of the U.S. justice system -- The structure of the police system in America -- Where the police "fit" within the U.S. justice system -- 2. Police role concept in a changing society -- Great expectations -- Perception -- Role concept -- The police officer's roles -- Police role conflict -- Formation of role concepts -- The media and role concepts -- Factors and conditions of change -- The paradoxes of police practice -- Toward a realistic role concept -- Toward a congruent role -- Elements of change -- Criteria for change -- Policing in a changing society -- 3. Police-community relations : an overview -- The police-community environment -- Defining police-community relations -- Acceptance of the concept of police-community relations -- Acceptance as a sign of progress -- Tight finances and their effects -- A historical perspective -- Selling the police to the people -- Internalizing community relations -- Systems and communities -- The many communities in community relations -- 4. Public relations and community relations : a contrast -- Public relations and/or community relations? -- Common framework for analyzing community and public relations -- Processes involved in the activity -- Citizen involvement -- Program examples -- 5. The public and the police : a consortium of communities -- External communities -- Internal communities -- 6. Relations with the police organization -- Life inside a police organization -- The formal organization -- Organizational units -- The informal organization -- Police organizational considerations -- Dealing with other employees -- Dealing with subordinates -- Dealing with peers -- 7. Coping with the human experience of being a cop -- Change and the police -- What policing does to the police -- Social hazards of policing -- Economic hazards of policing -- Health hazards -- Coping with being a cop -- 8. The communication process -- Communication in action -- The process of communication -- Modes of interpersonal communication -- Verbal and paralanguage cues -- Kinesics and proxemics cues -- Symbolic cues -- Official communication -- Effective listening -- Empathy -- Blocks to effective communication -- Strategies of change -- 9. Police discretion and community relations -- Discretion in the system -- Selective and discriminatory enforcement -- Decision making at an administrative level -- Decision making at an operational level -- Justifications for selective enforcement -- The question of professionalism -- Legal authority for selective enforcement -- Writs of Mandamus -- Selective enforcement and appropriate guidelines -- Structuring police discretion -- Looking toward tomorrow -- 10. Community policing -- The evolution of police service models -- The development of community police models -- Technological advances and community policing -- The current status of community policing -- Community policing applications -- Recommendations for implementing community policing -- 11. The media link -- Massive media impact -- Community relations context -- Commitment to crime coverage -- Exploitation of crime news -- Public reaction to media coverage -- Conflict between media and police -- A clear need for guidelines -- Setting guidelines -- Crisis guidelines for the media -- Ongoing problems -- Strategies for the future -- New mutual goals -- 12. Special populations and the police -- Special problems for the police -- Understanding the young -- Understanding the elderly -- Understanding the handicapped -- Understanding the homeless -- Youth, the elderly, the handicapped, and the homeless : shared problems -- Youth, the elderly, the handicapped, and the homeless : a few contrasts -- The problems with programs -- A new approach -- 13. Community relations in the context of culture -- The cultural context of community relations -- Cross-cultural factors -- Improving community relations in the context of culture -- 14. The dilemmas of dissent and political response -- Dissent : catalyst of progress -- Arenas for dissent -- Strategies of dissent and response -- Escalation and de-escalation of conflict -- Outcomes -- The battle of Seattle -- 15. Conflict management -- Maintaining an orderly community -- Crisis negotiations -- Hostage negotiations -- A broader concept -- Conflict intervention at the community level -- 16. Community participation in the new millennium -- The concept of community participation -- Development of community participation -- Systems and community values -- Two types of community participation -- Police-community relations in the new millennium -- The impact of world and national events on communities -- The war on terror and impacts of homeland security -- Improving police-community relations in the new millennium -- Choosing community-specific strategies -- Recommended police-related Web sites. |
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| Subject: | Police-community relations > United States. Police > United States. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | HV 7936 .P8 H86 2008 | 30536204 | General Collection | Available | - |
Police-Community Relations and the Administration of Justice
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Summary
Police-Community Relations and the Administration of Justice
Continues the theme of citizen participation and emphasizes why it is critical to the effectiveness of the criminal justice system. It focuses on the importance of and strategies for positive police-community interactions and addresses the internal and external communities the police serve. This new edition highlights past, present, and future practices, offers a new streamlined organization, and emphasizes the role of the police in a changing society.Well-rounded, all-inclusive perspective, helping readers better understand and practice positive police-community relations. Examples of police community programs throughout the United States. Discussion of racially-based policing moves material beyond racial profiling.Law enforcement professionals.
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