The Evolution of Policing (eBook, ePUB)

Worldwide Innovations and Insights
Redaktion: De Guzman, Melchor C.; Das, Dilip K.; Das, Aiedeo Mintie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawn from recent proceedings of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), this volume explores major policing initiatives and evolutions across the globe and presents practical insights on how police are retooling their profession. The book discusses the trends in evolving police roles among democratic and democratizing states, the impact of community-oriented policing, innovations occurring in police training and management, and issues relating to ethics, technology, investigations, and handling public relations. The book also examines challenges to police practices, such as terrorism, decentralization, and the policing of indigenous and special population groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040084380
• Artikelnr.: 70072043

Autorenporträt

Melchor C. de Guzman, PhD, is an associate professor of criminal justice at the College at Brockport at the State University of New York. Dr. de Guzman's research includes the examination of citizen participation in the control of the police. He also investigates organizational and environmental factors that influence police behavior. His most recent research includes the utilization of websites by police departments in the delivery of police services and the role of the police in homeland security. Aiedeo Mintie Das works as a digital media/content marketing specialist. As Director of Public Relations of the International Police Executive Symposium, she organizes international criminal justice symposia, coordinating with Ministries of Interior/Justice to bring together well-known academics and top police leaders in global venues. Currently, she is pursuing her graduate studies in Helsinki, Finland. Dilip K. Das, PhD, is a professor of criminal justice, a former police chief, and a human rights consultant for the United Nations. He is the founding president of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), where he manages the affairs of the organization in cooperation with an appointed group of police practitioners, academia members, and individuals from around the world. Dr. Das is also the founding editor-in-chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. A prolific writer (30 books, numerous articles and scholarly presentations), he is the Editor-in-Chief of two book series published by CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group: Advances in Police Theory and Practice and Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts and Prisons.

Inhaltsangabe

THE EVOLVING NATURE OF POLICE ROLES IN DEMOCRATIC AND DEMOCRATIZING
SOCIETIES. A Clash of Modern Professionalism and Oriental Despotism: The
Case of Iran, 1878-1979. Challenges of Police Reforms In Lesotho. The Soap
Opera Rationale: A Complementary Information Management Construct In Police
Work Practice. Impact of Selection and Distrust in Construction of
Professional Police Identity. Human Rights and the South African Police
Force: Are The Red Lights Coming On? THE EVOLVING NATURE OF COMMUNITY
POLICING. Community Policing: The Bahamas Model - Drawing a Thin Line
between Community Policing and Traditional Policing. The Community Involved
and Planned Policing Model: An Alternative to Traditional Policing in
Trinidad and Tobago. Community Policing: A Panacea or a Pandora's Box to
Criminalities in Nigeria and South Africa. Meeting with Citizens: New Local
Dimensions of Dialogue between Citizens and Police Officers. Community
Policing in Portugal: The Long and Winding Road. THE EVOLVING NATURE OF
POLICE TRAINING AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. Authoritative Language in Police
Training: Style in Police Students' Memoranda. Job Expectation, Adjustment,
and Coping Mechanism among Women in Two Police Forces in India. Efficiency
of Simulated Realistic Scenarios to Provide High Psychological Stress
Training for Police Officers. Development of Ghana Police Service Personnel
and Performance. Police Writing Techniques in Reported Interviews. THE
EVOLVING NATURE OF POLICE OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT. Exploring System
Transition in the Police Organization: The Case of the UK Police National
Database. Exploring the Implementation of Head-Mounted Camera Technology in
Volume Crime Scene Investigation. To What Extent Are All Policing Problems
Wicked? Examining Police Integrity: Categorizing Corruption Vignettes.
Representations of the Police in the British media: "Hard" Cops and "Soft"
Cops. EMERGING ISSUES. <