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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789117103321

Autore

Cooper Jonathon A. <1982->

Titolo

In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices / / Jonathon A. Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014

ISBN

1-59332-755-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Disciplina

363.2

Soggetti

Police

Police misconduct

Police discretion

Organizational behavior

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

List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Organizational legitimacy and the policing mandate -- Using isomorphism to explain aggregate police behavior -- Measuring policing isomorphism : challenges and solutions -- Crime and policing in DC -- Examining territoriality and isomorphism -- Examining social ecology and sovereigns -- Towards a theoretical model of territorial isomorphism and policing -- Future directions in policing practice and research -- Appendix a: additional tables -- Appendix b: additional figures -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Cooper answers two questions: why do police precincts look similar, despite being situated in very different environments? And, why do police engage in behavior that does not result in crime control? These two questions are closely related.