Designed to put readers �inside� the police officer's uniform, this personally-involving, comprehensive, and timely introduction to police work provides a �real-world� flavor not found in most policing books. Written in an exceptionally reader-friendly open and frank style, it blends the real and the ideal�reflecting the author's more than 30 years' experience as a police administrator and academic. Features boxed articles from Law Enforcement News, and �Practitioner's Perspectives� with short essays written by selected individuals who have expertise in particular areas of policing. Policing Levels, Roles, and Functions. Police Subculture: The Making of a Cop. Organization and Administration. On Patrol: Personnel, Methods, Functions. Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving. Criminal Investigation. Extraordinary Problems and Methods. Police and the Rule of Law. Accountability: Ethics, Force and Corruption, Discipline. Civil Liability. Issues and Trends. Comparative Perspectives. Technology Review. Challenges of the Future. For those involved/interested in General Policing, Community Policing, and Policing Issues.

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This text conveys to criminal justice students the methods and issues, personality and problems, and attitudes and beliefs of those persons who inforce federal, state, and local laws.

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