1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699973603321

Autore

Aud Susan

Titolo

Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic groups [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Aud, Mary Ann Fox, Angelina KewalRamani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 161 pages) : color charts

Altri autori (Persone)

FoxMary Ann

KewalRamaniAngelina

Soggetti

Minorities - Education - United States

Minorities - Education (Elementary) - United States

Minorities - Education (Secondary) - United States

Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States

Education - Demographic aspects - United States

Academic achievement - United States

Educational indicators - United States

Statistics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (NCES, viewed Feb. 1, 2011).

"July 2010."

"NCES 2010-015."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

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.