Special Topics in Policing : Critical Issues and Global Perspectives, Volume 1 / edited by James F. Albrecht, Garth den Heyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albrecht, James F., author.

Den Heyer, Garth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Crime Control and Security.

Crime and Society.

Local Subjects:

Crime Control and Security.

Crime and Society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book comprehensively examines five key areas of concern across the field of policing. These critical issues include: police use of force, police ethics and integrity, traffic safety, police-community collaboration, and optimizing organizational performance and service delivery. The chapters that follow provide a global, multi-faceted approach to analyze these core professional issues, examine them through sociological and theoretical lenses, and ultimately propose policy recommendations to ensure optimal professionalism and organizational effectiveness. The book focuses on issues, including: • Enhancing public trust and confidence • Effective crime control • Rule of law • Social justice • Best procedures and practices This book is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level students, criminal justice and law enforcement practitioners and policy makers, and criminal justice and criminology researchers.

Contents:

Part I- Policing and Use of Force.

Chapter 1. Understanding Police Use of Force in the United States

Chapter 2. Examining Assaults on Police Officers: An International Review of the Factors that Influence the Occurrence of these Attacks

Chapter 3. Recalibrating Minimum Force: Some Unintended Consequences of Tom Swift’s ‘Electronic Rifle’

Part II- Police Ethics and Corruption.

Chapter 4. Understanding and Preventing Police Deviance and Corruption based on Experiences and Trends in the United States

Chapter 5. The Contemporary Status of Ethics in Policing

Chapter 6. Ethical Dilemmas in South African Policing and Criminal Justice

Part III-Police and Traffic Safety.

Chapter 7. Evaluating Strategies to Enhance Traffic Safety

Chapter 8. Traffic Enforcement in New Zealand: A Failed Experiment?

Chapter 9. Policing and investigating criminal activities by gangs using e-bikes, e-scooters and e-motorcycles in the United Kingdom

Part IV-Police and Community Outreach and Collaboration

Chapter 10. Initiatives to improve Police – Community Collaboration and Trust

Chapter 11. Understanding the Implementation of Community-oriented Policing in the New Zealand Police

Chapter 12. Regional Differences in the Perception of American Adolescents on Police Objectivity and Fairness

Part V- Improving Police Service Delivery

Chapter 13. The Role and Contribution of the Police Planner in Improving Police Service Delivery

Chapter 14. Effective Strategies to Enhance Police Service Delivery

Chapter 15. An Analysis of Complementary Law Enforcement: Comparing the Hungarian and South Korean Models for more effective Police Service Delivery

Chapter 16. Afterword: Examining Contemporary Challenges in Policing.

ISBN:

3-031-56347-6