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Arrest decisions : what works for the officer? / Edith Linn.
Van Pelt Library HV8148.N52 L55 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Linn, Edith, 1951-
- Series:
- New perspectives in criminology and criminal justice ; v. 5.
- New perspectives in criminology and criminal justice, 1555-3418 ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--New York (State)--New York.
- Police.
- Criminal procedure.
- Arrest.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Arrest--New York (State)--New York.
- Criminal procedure--New York (State)--New York.
- New York (N.Y.). Police Department.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2009]
- Contents:
- Adaptive arrest behavior : an open secret
- Research linked to adaptive arrest behavior
- How the study was done
- Patrolling and arresting
- Pre-incident proclivity
- Officers' money
- The pull of personal life
- The miseries of arrest processing
- Arrest-control adaptations
- Attitudes toward arrest
- Personal needs among other arrest determinants
- The impotence of management
- Fixing the problem.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-168) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781433100581
- 1433100584
- OCLC:
- 260231165
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