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Issues and controversies in policing today
- Author
- Nhan, Johnny, 1977- author.
- Title
- Issues and controversies in policing today / Johnny Nhan.
- Format
- E-Book
- Published
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
- Description
- 1 online resource (v, 255 pages.)
- URL
- Access for [All Campuses] - (Available on campus and off campus with authorized logon)
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Contents
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- Introduction
- A brief history of American policing
- The police subculture
- Officer selection and training
- The officer experience and changes to an individual
- Police and the media: myths and realities of police work
- Police brutality and use of force
- Racial profiling
- The politics of policing and reducing crime
- Career stages and the mental and physical toll of police work
- Women in policing
- Racial minority and LGBTQ cops
- Community policing and contemporary strategies
- Policing in the new age of crime: Terrorism, cyberspace and white-collar crime
- The police and social media
- Risk, technology, surveillance, and the future of policing.
- Subject headings
- Police--United States. Police administration--United States.
- ISBN
- 9781538117552 (electronic bk.) 153811755X (electronic bk.) 9781538117545 1538117541