Police Administration - Hardcover

Gaines, Larry K.; Worrall, John L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439056390 ISBN 13: 9781439056394

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2011

Synopsis

POLICE ADMINISTRATION, 3rd edition, will give criminal justice students and practitioners the concrete knowledge to ascend through the ranks to become a chief, sheriff or other high ranking law enforcement official. "On the Job" boxes highlight insights by working police administration professionals. Key issues such as conflict resolution, human resources, budgeting and collective bargaining become clear with the use of sample forms and documents used by police organizations from around the country. Homeland security and terrorism, topics that have recently come to the forefront of police administration, are also covered.

About this title

About the Author:

Larry Gaines is chair of his department and a longtime, well-known figure in the field, both as an educator and in law enforcement.

JOHN L. WORRALL is Professor of Criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas. A Seattle native, he received a BA, double majoring in psychology and law and justice, from Central Washington University in 1994. Both his MA (criminal justice) and PhD (political science) were received from Washington State University, where he graduated in 1999. From 1999 to 2006, he was a member of the criminal justice faculty at California State University, San Bernardino. He joined UTD in Fall 2006. Dr. Worrall has published articles and book chapters on topics ranging from legal issues in policing to crime measurement. He is the author of Crime Control in America: What Works? (3rd ed., Pearson) and Criminal Procedure: From First Contact to Appeal (5th ed., Pearson); coauthor of several texts, including most recently, with Jennifer L. Moore, Criminal Law and Procedure (Pearson, 2014); and editor of the journal Police Quarterly.

Review:

"The strength of the textbook is that it takes real-world police administration, and brings it into the classroom. .... I would not recommend any other textbook other than "Police Administration"... to any professor instructing a police administration course. "Police Administration" is an excellent resource for police administrators in the field, from rural to metropolitan police organizations. ... I highly recommend this textbook to any criminal justice professional and [to] law enforcement training academies."Stephen Kappeler, Eastern Kentucky University, Corbin, KY

"The text is very comprehensive and... provides a great overview of the different areas of a police administration."Robert J. Diemer, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1439056390
• ISBN 13: 9781439056394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 640