Publisher's Synopsis
For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Special Topics in Policing, and Police and Society.
Original works by nationally and internationally recognized practitioners and academicians provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview addressing a variety of relevant issues and acts of police misconduct. The historical and theoretical frameworks found in this collection focuses on a range of issues related to the definition, description, prevention, and control of acts of police deviance. Contemporary control strategies-such as early warning systems, drug testing technologies, and community police issues are explored at length.
