Professionalism in Policing: An Introduction

Professionalism in Policing: An Introduction
Author: David J. Thomas
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2010-02-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780495091899

Professionalism in Policing: An Introduction will provide your students with a good understanding of the police officer's role in American society today. This accessible book will give your students insight into the real world of policing by addressing such topics as racial profiling, police brutality, education, police socialization and leadership. Professionalism in Policing: An Introduction also includes the topics of criminal law and ethics, which are fundamental to policing but missing from other books on the topic. Your students will be presented with real-life scenarios where they get to be the decision maker, while learning to understand that the decisions they will make as police officers may have a lasting impact on their lives, as well as on their communities. The author has a strong academic and practical background. In addition to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and at a police academy for 25 years, he also has field experience as a police officer, sheriff, and conservation officer. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Toward a New Professionalism in Policing

Toward a New Professionalism in Policing
Author: Christopher Stone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

"In the 1980s, community policing replaced the traditional crime-fighting model of policing, often referred to as "professional policing." Community policing was an improvement over the previous policing paradigm (one that the authors argue was more truly professional than the command-and-control model that it replaced) and represented a great change in how police officers did their jobs. The authors argue that it is now time for a new model for the 21st century, one that they call a "New Professionalism." Their framework rests on increased accountability for police in both their effectiveness and their conduct; greater legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry; continuous innovation in tactics and strategies for interacting with offenders, victims, and the general public; and national coherence through the development of national norms and protocols for policing. Governing Science is one of a series of papers that are being published as a result of the second "Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety," a collaboration of NIJ and Harvard Kennedy School's Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management."--Publisher's website.

Training the 21st Century Police Officer

Training the 21st Century Police Officer
Author: Russell W. Glenn
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Restructure the LAPD Training Group to allow the centralization of planning; instructor qualification, evaluation, and retention; and more efficient use of resources.

Handbook of Policing, Ethics, and Professional Standards

Handbook of Policing, Ethics, and Professional Standards
Author: Allyson MacVean
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415630754

This book provides a single text of different perspectives on how professional standards and ethics has been conceptualised and developed into practical policing processes for the purposes of policing, not only by the police but also by the partner agencies.

The Persistent Pull of Police Professionalism

The Persistent Pull of Police Professionalism
Author: David A. Sklansky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2011
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

"This paper suggests that the past model of police professionalism has been updated as a result of technology and federal funding. Sklansky explains that 1960s police professionalism was not about tactics, such as random patrol, but rather about the governing mindset behind policies. By the early 1980s, this professional policing model was discredited, giving birth to community policing, which also focused more on ideas and policy and less on tactics. Community policing was seen to have shortcomings, such as being vague and not reducing serious crime. Today, professional policing is mounting a comeback. Community policing, however, is still valuable. Although the community policing model is incomplete, a model of "advanced community policing" could address unanswered specifics about the nature of community policing that would help law enforcement agencies, police researchers, and the public resist the persistent pull of police professionalism. Governing Science is one of a series of papers that are being published as a result of the second "Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety," a collaboration of NIJ and Harvard Kennedy School's Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management."--Publisher's website.

The Ethics of Policing

The Ethics of Policing
Author: John Kleinig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1996-02-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521484336

This book offers the fullest, most rigorous and up-to-date treatment of police ethics currently available.

Becoming an Exemplary Peace Officer

Becoming an Exemplary Peace Officer
Author: Michael S. Josephson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Decision making
ISBN: 9781888689211

Michael Josephson discusses ethical values and decision-making techniques as he explores the everyday pressures that can compromise our integrity.

Professionalism in Probation

Professionalism in Probation
Author: Matt Tidmarsh
Publisher: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-09-25
Genre: Probation
ISBN: 9780367621940

This book explores probation staff understandings of professionalism in the aftermath of the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms to services in England and Wales. Drawing on the sociology of the professions, this book offers an original and timely contribution to the criminal justice literature, examining the ways in which professionalism in probation has been reshaped and renegotiated in response to the market logic that has dominated public services in recent decades. The case of the TR reforms offers a useful platform for exploring broader shifts in understandings of professionalism. This book demonstrates the ways in which professionalism in probation can be understood as a discourse through which professionals are expected to be receptive to the demands of multiple stakeholders - offenders, taxpayers, the state, and, additionally, the market. It situates TR in a marketising continuum, the logical endpoint of a period of reform that has sought to discipline staff and reshape their understandings of professionalism. Written in a clear and direct style, this book is essential reading for researchers engaged in probation, rehabilitation, criminal justice, and organizational and professional studies.

The Courageous Follower

The Courageous Follower
Author: Ira Chaleff
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2009-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1605092746

For every leader there are dozens of followers working closely with them. This updated third edition speaks to those followers and gives them the insights and tools for being effective partners with their leaders.