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Title:

To better serve and protect : improving police practices / special editor of this volume, Wesley G. Skogan.

Publisher:

SAGE Publications,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

205 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Police--United States.
Police administration--United States.
Politie.
Dienstverlening.
Prestatiebeoordeling.

Other Authors:

Skogan, Wesley G.
American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Notes:

"May 2004." Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Quick read synopsis : To better serve and protect : improving police practices. David Thacher -- What can police do to reduce crime, disorder, and fear? / David Weisburd and John E. Eck -- Lawful policing / Wesley G. Skogan and Tracey L. Meares -- Enhancing police legitimacy / Tom R. Ryler -- Controlling street-level police discretion / Stephen D. Mastrofski -- Environment and organization : reviving a perspective on the police / David A. Klinger -- Science and politics in police research : reflections on their tangled relationship / Samuel Walker -- Research and policing : the infrastructure and political economy of Federal funding / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Book review essay : Police research and the humanities / David Thacher -- Quick read synopsis : To better serve and protect : improving police practices.

Series:

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 0002-7162 ; v. 593

ISBN:

9781412909372 (cloth)
1412909376 (cloth)
9781412909389 (paper)
1412909384 (paper)

Locations:

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)