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Power and restraint : the moral dimension of police work / Howard S. Cohen and Michael Feldberg.
LIBRA HV7924 .C64 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Howard, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police ethics.
- Law enforcement--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Law enforcement.
- Law enforcement--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Police ethics--Case studies.
- Law enforcement--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 166 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Praeger, 1991.
- Summary:
- This book uses a moral perspective grounded in the social contract to define the responsibilities assumed by the police. The authors develop a system of ethical standards by which to measure responsible police behavior and apply these standards to several cases encountered daily in municipal patrol work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-161) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275938565
- 0275938573
- OCLC:
- 22953969
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