Introduction to policing /
Michael Rowe
- Third Edition.
- xxi, 431 pages : color illustrations ;
Revised edition of Introduction to policing, 2014.
Foundations of policing -- Policing in America -- A brief history of police in the United States -- Police organization and administration : an overview -- Police operations -- Recruitment and selection of police officers -- Police training and education -- Police work : operations and functions -- Contemporary strategies in policing -- Police conduct -- The police culture and work stress -- Law, court decisions, and the police -- Discretion and ethics in policing -- Police misconduct and accountability -- Contemporary issues in policing -- Policing in a diverse society -- Technology and the police -- Transnational crime, white-collar crime, and terrorism -- Private police -- Looking ahead -- The future of policing in America.