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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778326403321

Autore

ISENBERG JAMES

Titolo

POLICE LEADERSHIP IN A DEMOCRACY : conversations with america's police chiefs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : CRC Press, 2017

ISBN

0-429-25087-8

1-282-29433-4

9786612294334

1-4398-0835-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Modern police administration

Disciplina

363.20684

Soggetti

Police chiefs - United States

Police administration - United States

Police - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Choices of police leaders in America -- Introducing the chiefs -- A vision for the department and the community -- Implementing the vision : how chiefs make it a reality! -- Strategies for enforcement and working with communities -- Developing a professional police officer : it's a challenge! -- Internal politics, the police chief and police officer empowerment -- External politics and relationships with other partners -- The future of american policing : looking back and forward -- Recommendations for police chiefs and other interested persons.

Sommario/riassunto

Every day the media floods the airwaves with their often-contradictory version of the role and behavior of the police force. Based on this, you might think that police officers either brutally enforce their own interpretation of the nation's laws or use all the modern tools available to carefully and persistently uncover the special clues that lead to the identification and arrest of suspected criminals. Based on interviews with 26 police chiefs, Police Leadership in a Democracy: Conversations with America's Police Chiefs takes a poignant journey through the minds of the me