Perspectives on policing : selected papers on policy, performance and crime prevention / Holly Wheeler, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wheeler, Holly, editor.

Series:

Law, crime and law enforcement.

Law, Crime and Law Enforcement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--United States--Evaluation.

Police.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Can the police reduce crime? In 1991, when the first Executive Session on Policing concluded, the answer to that question was generally described as being in the eye of the beholder. Based on the scientific and practical knowledge available at the time, some well-respected criminologists and police scholars concluded that the police were not able to reduce crime. Promising evidence, however, suggested that if the police changed their approach to crime control and prevention, then they might be able to reduce crime. This book outlines the changes in the nature of police crime control conversations resulting from an unprecedented growth in rigorous evaluation research on what works in police crime prevention; examines what it means to be a leader within the policing field, and advocates for reframing leadership through the adoption of "learning organizations" to increase the capacity to fight crime; describes "rightful policing," which looks at elements of procedural justice in police encounters with the public as a way to organize police work; advocates for democratic ideals within law enforcement to combat the mindset that law enforcement officers are at war with the people they serve; presents the ideas for what police executives might do to alleviate the problems of race in contemporary policing; examines the term "black-on-black" violence, a simplistic and emotionally charged definition of urban violence that can be problematic when used by political commentators, politicians and police executives; summarizes current understanding of the effects of ongoing trauma on young children, how these effects impair adolescent and young adult functioning, and the possible implications of this for policing; and finally, describes strategies police organizations could employ to more effectively measure their performance.

Contents:

PERSPECTIVES ON POLICING SELECTED PAPERS ON POLICY, PERFORMANCE AND CRIME PREVENTION; PERSPECTIVES ON POLICING SELECTED PAPERS ON POLICY, PERFORMANCE AND CRIME PREVENTION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CRIME AND POLICING REVISITED ; WHAT WAS KNOWN PRIOR TO THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING; WHAT THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING PROPOSED; WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING; THE WORK OF THE SECOND EXECUTIVE SESSION ON POLICING AND PUBLIC SAFETY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE

Chapter 2: TOWARD A PROFESSION OF POLICE LEADERSHIPINTRODUCTION; WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?; LEADERSHIP AND THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING LEADERS, LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS; CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPING LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 3: RIGHTFUL POLICING; INTRODUCTION; TWO VIEWS: MORE LAW? OR LESS CRIME?; RIGHTFUL POLICING: IT'S ABOUT LEGITIMACY; PUTTING LEGITIMACY TO WORK; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICING; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 4: FROM WARRIORS TO GUARDIANS: RECOMMITTING AMERICAN POLICE CULTURE TO DEMOCRATIC IDEALS; INTRODUCTION

RECAPTURING THE FABRIC OF COMMUNITYCHANGING THE POLICE CULTURE FROM WARRIORS TO GUARDIANS; TRANSFORMING POLICE TRAINING IN WASHINGTON STATE; CONCLUSION; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 5: RACE AND POLICING: AN AGENDA FOR ACTION; STRATEGIC VOICE; TACTICAL AGENCY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 6: THE POLICE AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON ''BLACK-ON-BLACK'' VIOLENCE; INTRODUCTION; THE DISTORTING ROLE OF MASS NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF URBAN VIOLENCE; BLACK HOMICIDE VICTIMIZATION AND BLACK HOMICIDE OFFENDING RATES; HOW WEAK DESCRIPTIONS FURTHER ERODE COMMUNITY TRUST AND CONFIDENCE; CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; AUTHOR NOTE; Chapter 7: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICE; STRESS, TRAUMA AND PARENTAL PROTECTION; THE CHILD'S RESPONSE TO REPEATED TRAUMA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN LATER LIFE; PREVALENCE OF TRAUMA-RELATED DIFFICULTIES AMONG PERSONS EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE; IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICING; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; OTHER RESOURCES; Chapter 8: MEASURING PERFORMANCE IN A MODERN POLICE ORGANIZATION; INTRODUCTION; WHO IS FLYING THIS AIRPLANE, AND WHAT KIND OF TRAINING HAVE THEY HAD?; SCENARIOS FOR POLICE EXECUTIVES

BROADER FRAMEWORKS FOR MONITORING AND MEASUREMENTON SETTING GOALS USING PERFORMANCE METRICS; A CLOSER LOOK AT CRIME REDUCTION AS THE BOTTOM LINE OF POLICING; INTEGRITY ISSUES RELATED TO COMPSTAT AND CRIME REPORTING AT THE NYPD; IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPSTAT-LIKE SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; AUTHOR NOTE; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-556-0