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Working the Street: Police Discretion and the Dilemmas of Reform - Couverture souple

Brown, Michael K.

 
9780871541918: Working the Street: Police Discretion and the Dilemmas of Reform
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0871541912 ISBN 13 : 9780871541918
Editeur : Russell Sage Foundation, 1988

Synopsis

Now available in paperback, this provocative study examines the street-level decisions made by police, caught between a sometimes hostile community and a maze of departmental regulations. Probing the dynamics of three sample police departments, Brown reveals the factors that shape how officers wield their powers of discretion. Chief among these factors, he contends, is the highly bureaucratic organization of the modern police department. A new epilogue, prepared for this edition, focuses on the structure and operation of urban police forces in the 1980s. "Add this book to the short list of important analyses of the police at work....Places the difficult job of policing firmly within its political, organizational, and professional constraints...Worth reading and thinking about." —Crime & Delinquency "An excellent contribution...Adds significantly to our understanding of contemporary police." —Sociology "A critical analysis of policing as a social and political phenomenon....A major contribution." —Choice

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À propos de l'auteur

MICHAEL K. BROWN is assistant professor of political science at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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Éditeur
Russell Sage Foundation
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0871541912
ISBN 13 
9780871541918
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
390
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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