Managing and Leading Today's Police (4th Ed.) Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies
Auteurs : Peak Kenneth, Gaines Larry, Glensor Ronald
For courses in police administration and management.
A problem-solving approach to modern police leadership
Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, and Case Studies provides a comprehensive insider?s view into the challenging work of police leaders at all levels of management. Using a problem-based learning approach, the authors draw on their extensive practical experience to critique the organizational, personnel, and operational issues facing police agencies and to assert ?what works? in contemporary police management. The 4th edition is a major revision, moving from a supervision to a management perspective. It covers new policing strategies, methods, and technologies transforming the field and demanding new knowledge of police supervisors, managers, and leaders.
1. Leading and Managing Today’s Police: Challenges and Opportunities
2. The Dynamics of Police Organizations: Structure and Theories
3. Leadership and Motivation: What Works
4. Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution
5. Human Resource Management: The Foundation for an Effective Police Department
6. Officers’ Rights, Discipline, and Liability: A Legal and Policy-Driven Framework
7. Leadership Roles in Labor Relations: “Navigating the Waters” of Police Unionization
8. Financial Administration: “Doing More with Less” Since the Great Recession
9. Ethics and Accountability: Building a Culture of Integrity and Trust
10. Community Policing and Problem-Solving: Addressing Crime and Disorder
11. Officer Wellness, Safety, and Stress: Identifying and Managing Harms
12. Police Productivity: Improving Performance
13. Managing Homeland Security and Critical Events
14. Technologies for the Tasks: Tools for Today’s Police Leaders
Ken Peak is professor and former chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno, where he was named “Teacher of the Year” by the university’s Honor Society. He entered municipal policing in Kansas in 1970 and subsequently held positions as a nine-county criminal justice planner in Kansas; director of a four-state Technical Assistance Institute for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; director of university police at Pittsburg State University (Kansas); acting director of public safety, University of Nevada, Reno; and assistant professor of criminal justice at Wichita State University. He has published 33 textbooks (on general and community policing, criminal justice administration, police supervision and management, and women in law enforcement), two historical books (on Kansas temperance and bootlegging), and more than 60 additional journal articles and invited book chapters. He served as chairman of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and president of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators. He received two gubernatorial appointments to statewide criminal justice committees while residing in Kansas, and holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas.
Larry K. Gaines currently is a professor and chair of the Criminal Justice Department at California State University at San Bernardino. He received his doctorate in criminal justice from Sam Houston State University. He has police experience with the Kentucky State Police and the Lexington, Kentucky, Police Department. Additionally, he served as the executive director of the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police for 14 years. Dr. Gaines is also a past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. His research centers on policing and drugs. In addition to numerous articles, he has coauthored a number of books in the field: Police Operations; Police Administration
Examination of evolving police leadership roles
- Updated - All content has been reviewed and updated as needed, accommodating a shift in the text’s focus from mid-managers (captains and lieutenants) and first-line supervisors (sergeants) to a higher plane — chief executives and middle managers.
- New - Extensive new discussion on police accountability examines constitutional policing and procedural justice given recent events challenging police use of force against unarmed minorities.
- Expanded - More emphasis is placed on officer wellness programming, acknowledging the common repercussions of this labor-intensive occupation on officers’ physical and mental health.
Critical analysis of new developments in policing
- New - New sections on police management, crime-control, and problem-solving strategies cover smart policing, intelligence-led policing, evidence-based policing, and predictive policing.
- New - A new chapter on police technologies considers how to determine which technologies to use; issues presented by technologies such as social media and body cameras; and legal matters.
- Expanded - Contemporary concerns around homeland security and related events have been added, documenting related new roles for police and the technologies used in these efforts.
Practical applications
- Expanded - New case studies (aka, You Decide exercises) have been added throughout, prompting students to consider, apply, and discuss challenges facing today’s police leaders.
- Discussion questions and Internet Investigations sections promote critical analysis of chapter material and encourage independent study.
- Key Terms and Concepts and Stu
Date de parution : 10-2018
Ouvrage de 320 p.
21.3x27.2 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 12 jours).
Prix indicatif 162,94 €
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