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Policing and misconduct / Kim Michelle Lersch, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Prentice Hall's policing and ... series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police misconduct--United States.
- Police misconduct.
- Police ethics.
- United States.
- Police ethics--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2002]
- Summary:
- Original works by nationally and internationally recognized practitioners and academicians make up a comprehensive and up-to-date overview addressing a variety of relevant issues and acts of police misconduct. The historical and theoretical frameworks found in this collection focuses on a range of issues related to the definition, description, prevention, and control of acts of police deviance. Contemporary control strategies -- such as early warning systems, drug testing technologies, and community police issues are explored at length. Other chapter topics deal with drug related police corruption, excessive force, police sexual violence, and police misconduct and female officers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0130270164
- OCLC:
- 46937703
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