Police science : breakthroughs in research and practice / Information Resources Management Association, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Information Resources Management Association, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--Study and teaching.

Police.

Police-community relations.

Police misconduct.

Police administration.

Physical Description:

39 PDFs (xv, 540 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2019]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly material on social problems involving victimization of minorities and police accountability. It also emphasizes key elements of police psychology as it relates to current issues and challenges in law enforcement and police agencies. It covers topics such as police psychology, police brutality, and media coverage"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Authority and police legitimacy. Chapter 1. Understanding fairness, equality, and police legitimacy ; Chapter 2. The link between communicative intelligence and procedural justice: the path to police legitimacy ; Chapter 3. Social climate change and the modern police department: millennials, marijuana, and mass media ; Chapter 4. Authority and legitimacy: a quantitative study of youth's perceptions on the Brazilian police ; Chapter 5. Police legitimacy conflicting centres: policing in Southern Africa ; Chapter 6. Tackling police brutality through non-violent strategies in South Africa: in search of a holistic approach ; Chapter 7. Crime witnesses' non-cooperation in police investigations: causes and consequences in Nigeria

Section 2. Crisis response and disaster management. Chapter 8. Critical incident interventions: crisis response and debriefing ; Chapter 9. Effective engagement and communication between first-line police supervisors and police officers ; Chapter 10. A lessons framework for civil-military-police conflict and disaster management: an Australian perspective

Section 3. Information systems. Chapter 11. Emergency management information system support rectifying first responder role abandonment during extreme events ; Chapter 12. Implementing integrated information systems project for police stations in Thailand

Section 4. Online activism and policing. Chapter 13. Use of social media for policing ; Chapter 14. UK-based police officers' perceptions of, and role in investigating, cyber-harassment as a crime ; Chapter 15. Police service crime mapping as civic technology: a critical assessment ; Chapter 16. Online activism and the Arab public sphere: the case of youtube and human rights campaigns

Section 5. Police education. Chapter 17. Visual criminology: making sense of crime data and analysis for criminology students ; Chapter 18. Intercultural education and training of Slovene police officers for the purpose of international missions

Section 6. Police psychology. Chapter 19. A history of police psychology ; Chapter 20. Using the MMPI-2-RF in preemployment evaluations of police officer candidates ; Chapter 21. Law enforcement officer suicide

Section 7. Practice and investigation. Chapter 22. Cross-cultural collaboration for community-oriented policing and restorative justice ; Chapter 23. Transnational and cross-cultural approaches in undercover police work ; Chapter 24. The evolution of securing the American K-12 educational environment with armed police officers ; Chapter 25. The impact of a bI-supported performance measurement system on a public police force

Section 8. Victimology. Chapter 26. The color of victimology: an analysis of race and crimes

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781522576730

OCLC:

1047525191