Policing America: Challenges and Best Practices

Peak, Kenneth; Sousa, William

ISBN 10 : 0135816114 ISBN 13 : 9780135816110

Editeur : Pearson, 2021

Synopsis

Policing America addresses the greatest challenges in the field today, from policing a diverse society to reexamining policing methods. By challenging you to vicariously experience the job of the officer, the authors lend a real-world take reflective of the changing times we live in. Reinforcing the real-world angle, the text includes case studies profiling real police success stories related to complex criminal justice issues. Exhibits describing police methods and news items offer timely, topical insight. You'll also get a comparative view into how policing works in other countries.

Throughout the 10th Edition, the theme of "what works" is reinforced in new cases, new exercises and updated information. You'll also have opportunities to think critically, problem-solve and prepare to confront the challenges of policing in our age.

This version of Policing America features the same content as the traditional bound text in a convenient, 3-hole-punched, loose-leaf format.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

About our authors

Kenneth J. Peak is Emeritus Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno, where he was named "Teacher of the Year" by the university's Honor Society. Following four years as a municipal police officer in Kansas, he subsequently held positions as a nine-county criminal justice planner for southeast Kansas; director of a four-state technical assistance institute for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (based at Washburn University in Topeka); director of university police at Pittsburg State University (Kansas); acting director of public safety, University of Nevada, Reno; and assistant professor of criminal justice at Wichita State University. He has authored or coauthored 36 textbooks (relating to introduction to criminal justice, general policing, community policing, criminal justice administration, police supervision and management, and women in law enforcement), two historical books (on Kansas temperance and bootlegging) and more than 60 journal articles and invited book chapters. He is past chairman of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and president of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators. He received two gubernatorial appointments to statewide criminal justice committees while residing in Kansas and holds a PhD from the University of Kansas.

William H. Sousa is the director of the Center for Crime and Justice Policy and a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his BA from Stonehill College (Easton, MA), his MS from Northeastern University (Boston, MA) and his PhD in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University (Newark, NJ). His past research projects include evaluations of policing programs and technologies. The focus of his writing is on crime and disorder reduction policies implemented by police agencies, including the New York City Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Department. Sousa's current projects involve police order-maintenance practices, police management and community crime prevention in Las Vegas neighborhoods. His recent publications appear in Police Quarterly, The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology and The Journal of Experimental Criminology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0135816114
• ISBN 13: 9780135816110
• Reliure: Feuillets mobiles
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie