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Community Policing: Contemporary Readings

Waveland Press, 2000

Like its well-received predecessor, the latest edition of Community Policing features important, cutting-edge works by scholars, practitioners, and researchers concerning the vital issues surrounding community policing. The well-organized, contemporary articles--each insightful and thought-provoking--cover historical frameworks, current research perspectives, the experiences and strategies of practitioners, and the future of community policing.

Police Pursuit Driving: Controlling Responses to Emergency Situations (Contributions in Criminology and ...
Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham

Greenwood Press, 1990

Police strategies often develop from custom and practice without guidance from empirical research. Police officers often make their decisions based upon information and tactics with which they are the most familiar and comfortable. Choosing between available strategies and other alternatives can be improved through research and evaluation. One area of policing in which this is especially true is pursuit driving, which may be the deadliest weapon ...

Understanding Police Use of Force: Officers, Suspects, and Reciprocity (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Although most police activities do not involve the use of force, those that do reflect important patterns of interaction between officer and citizen. After a brief survey of prior research, this study presents new data and findings to examine these patterns. The force factor applied and the sequential order of incidents of force is included in the analysis. The authors also examine police use of force from the suspect's perspective, and create a ...

The Dilemmas of Corrections: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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Waveland Pr Inc, 2006

The Dilemma of Corrections: It doesn't correct!
I'll assume anyone looking to purchase this book is doing so for the same reason I did - It's required reading for a criminal justice class, or this area of Criminal Justice is particularly interesting to you. I took a "Problems of Corrections" as an elective class, and as a non-CJ major I found the material so fascinating I actually kept this book after the term had finished. The book is a ...

Managing Accountability System For Police Conduct: Internal Affairs and External Oversights
Jeffrey J. Noble, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Waveland Press, 2008

Police officers are invested with awesome powers and may use physical force to take a citizen into custody. These powers help the police enforce laws and control suspects, but they also have the potential to be abused. The police must be responsive and accountable about crime and safety, but they must also be responsive and accountable to the law and the rights of citizens. Police abuse of power has a long and unfortunate history in the United ...

Policing: Continuity and Change
Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham, ...

Waveland Press, 2005

Building on the successful foundation of Policing Urban America, the authors have collaborated on this concise text to offer readers a solid overview of police work today. Policing: Continuity and Change combines theory, research, policy, and practical experience in a very readable presentation of the current context of policing. Readers can track the evolution of policing from its origins in London through possibilities for the future, as the ...

Critical Issues in Policing: Contemporary Readings

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Waveland Press, 2004

Great text for my Police & Society criminal justice class!
This text is easy to read and understand. It has aided in teaching the theory of Police and Society in my Radford University class. There's no fluff, but just enough to give you what you need.

Police Vehicles and Firearms: Instruments of Deadly Force

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Geoffrey P. Alpert, Lorie A. Fridell

Waveland Press, 1991

A must read for all Emergency Vehicle Operator Instructors!
This is a good text for all EVOC Instructors in both the United States and Canada. For those of us in Canada the legal terminology is a bit different but the general concept is the same. While the text basically covers a great deal on firearms there exists a fair amount of information on emergency driving and court decisions. There is also a few driving policies outlined which have ...

Forces of Deviance : Understanding the Dark Side of Policing
Victor E. Kappeler, Richard D. Sluder, ...

Waveland Press, 1998

An informative look at a very difficult topic! The discretion, authority, and power granted the police to accomplish their mission offer multiple opportunities for deviance. This revised edition effectively organizes a large amount of material in order to provide students with a timely and comprehensive review of this disturbing dimension of police organizations. The authors' analysis of deviance as the product of the organization of the ...

Policing Multi-Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Miami Study and Findings for Law Enforcement in the United States ...
Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham

Greenwood Press, 1988

In the past twenty-five years, the Miami metropolitan area has undergone a dramatic ethnic transformation that has brought with it complex challenges to the existing social order. The study grew out of an attempt to find workable and effective solutions to the problems faced by the area's police force in the wake of serious rioting and conflict between the populace and police. Alpert and Dunham argue that only by understanding the various ethnic ...

How reasonable is the reasonable man?: police and excessive force.: An article from: Journal of Criminal Law ...
Geoffrey P. Alpert, William C. Smith

Northwestern University, School of Law, 1994

This digital document is an article from Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, published by Northwestern University, School of Law on September 22, 1994. The length of the article is 8795 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: The ...

The Dilemmas of Corrections: Contemporary Readings
Kenneth C. Haas, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Waveland Pr Inc, 1995

Now thoroughly revised to better address issues of vital concern to the correctional system, the Fourth Edition once again provides a comprehensive up-to-date collection of important readings.

Policing urban America
Geoffrey P Alpert

Waveland Press, 1988

A balanced review of the most controversial issues in contemporary law enforcement! Alpert and Dunham offer readers a well- priced volume that studies the frameworks in which the police function and provides information on how to understand and improve policing. They also offer readers a wide variety of career options available in the field of policing. The Third Edition builds upon the solid foundation of the successful previous editions to ...

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