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UNINA9910778014203321 |
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Wilson James Q |
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Varieties of police behavior : the management of law and order in eight communities / / by James Q. Wilson |
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Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 1968 |
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1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) |
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Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University |
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Police - United States |
Police administration - United States |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical footnotes. |
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""Contents""; ""ONE INTRODUCTION""; ""TWO THE PATROLMAN""; ""The Maintenance of Order""; ""Justice as a Constraint""; ""Some Organizational Consequences""; ""THREE THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR""; ""Managing Discretion""; ""Critical Events""; ""FOUR POLICE DISCRETION""; ""The Determinants of Discretion""; ""The Eight Communities""; ""The Uses of Discretion""; ""FIVE THE WATCHMAN STYLE""; ""The Organizational Context""; ""Some Consequences""; ""SIX THE LEGALISTIC STYLE""; ""The Organizational Context""; ""Some Consequences""; ""SEVEN THE SERVICE STYLE""; ""The Organizational Context"" |
""Some Consequences""""EIGHT POLITICS AND THE POLICE""; ""Politics and the Watchman Style""; ""Politics and the Service Style""; ""Politics and the Legalistic Style""; ""Some Findings from National Data""; ""NINE CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""Index"" |
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The patrolman has the most difficult, complex, and least understood task in the police department. Much less is known of him than of his better publicized colleague, the detective. In this important and timely book, James Q. Wilson describes the patrolman and the problems he faces that arise out of constraints imposed by law, politics, public opinion, and the expectations of superiors. The study considers how the uniformed officer in eight communities deals with such common offenses as assault, theft, drunkenness, vice, traffic, and disorderly |
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conduct. Six of the communities are in New York State: Albany, Amsterdam, Brighton, Nassau County, Newburgh, and Syracuse. The others are Highland Park, Illinois, and Oakland, California. Enforcing laws dealing with common offenses is especially difficult because it raises the question of administrative discretion. Murder, in the eyes of the police, is unambiguously wrong, and murderers are accordingly arrested; but in cases such as street-corner scuffles or speeding motorists, the patrolman must decide whether to intervene (should the scuffle be stopped? should the motorist be pulled over?) and, if he does, just how to intervene (by arrest? a warning? an interrogation?). In most large organizations, the lowest-ranking members perform the more routinized tasks and the means of accomplishing these tasks are decided by superiors, but in a police department the lowest-ranking officer--the patrolman--is almost solely responsible for enforcing those laws which are the least precise, the most ambiguous. Three ways or "styles" of policing--the watchman, the legalistic, and the service styles--are analyzed and their relation to local politics is explored. In the final chapter, Mr. Wilson discusses if and how the patrolman's behavior can be changed and examines some current proposals for reorganizing police departments. He observes that the ability of the patrolman to do his job well may determine our success in managing social conflict and our prospects for maintaining a proper balance between liberty and order.Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. THE PATROLMAN The Maintenance of Order Justice as a Constraint Some Organizational Consequences 3. THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR Managing Discretion Critical Events 4. POLICE DISCRETION The Determinants of Discretion The Eight Communities The Uses of Discretion 5. THE WATCHMAN STYLE The Organizational Context Some Consequences 6. THE LEGALISTIC STYLE The Organizational Context Some Consequences 7. THE SERVICE STYLE The Organizational Context Some Consequences 8. POLITICS AND THE POLICE Politics and the Watchman Style Politics and the Service Style Politics and the Legalistic Style Some Findings from National Data 9. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS Reviews of this book: [This book] is a departure from the traditional treatise.and actually does take a large and long-awaited step toward revitalizing an exciting and important but inexcusably weak area of political science.--The American Political Science ReviewReviews of this book: This book "must unquestionably become an indispensable study of politics in the American city. It is based on enormous and detailed research . The material is presented in a controlled and disciplined no-nonsense style.--New York Review of BooksReviews of this book: This is surely one of the most informative books about the police ever written . Varieties of Police Behavior is a rich, sophisticated book by an author unusually able to tackle the comprehensiveness and interdependence of the issues which affect police performance, and his analysis and conclusions have much to teach.--Times Literary SupplementIt is, without doubt, the finest book on the American police ever written, and Professor Wilson is one of our best-known scholars of urban affairs.Rich.full to the brim with increasing details and shrewd insight. Anyone who wants to have an informed opinion about the policeman's relations to law and order ought to read it.--Irving Kristol |
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UNINA9910822816503321 |
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Acoustics & vibration of mechanical structures : selected, peer reviewed papers from the XII-th International Symposium Acoustics & Vibration of Mechanical Structures (AVMS 2013), May 23-24, 2013, Timişoara, Romania / / edited by Nicolae Herişanu and Vasile Marinca |
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Durnten-Zurich : , : Trans Tech Publications, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Applied mechanics and materials ; ; 430 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HerisanuNicolae |
MarincaVasile |
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Vibration |
Mechanics, Analytic |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Acoustics & Vibration of Mechanical Structures; Preface and Committees; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Analytical Approaches to Nonlinear Vibrations; On the Van Der Pol Oscillator: an Overview; Nonlinear Oscillators with a Power-Form Restoring Force: Non-Isochronous and Isochronous Case; Approximate Solutions to a Cantilever Beam Using Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method; Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Approach to Self-Excited Vibrations; Physical Instability and Functional Uncertainties of the Dynamic Systems in Resonance |
Approximate Analytical Solutions to Nonlinear Vibrations of a Thin Elastic Plate The Study of the Pendulum with Heavy Neo-Hookean Rod; The Vibrations of the Engine with Neo-Hookean Suspension; Chapter 2: Damage Assessment of Structures; Multiple Fault Identification Using Vibration Signal Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Methods; Rolling Element Bearings Fault Identification in Rotating Machines, Existing Methods of Vibration Signal Processing Techniques and Practical Considerations; Recent Advances in Vibration Signal Processing Techniques for Gear Fault Detection-A Review |
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Methods of Interpreting the Results of Vibration Measurements to Locate Damages in Beams Evaluation of Crack Depth in Beams for Known Damage Location Based on Vibration Modes Analysis; Assessment of Corrosion Damages with Important Loss of Mass and Influences on the Natural Frequencies of Bending Vibration Modes; Vibration Tests for Determination of Longitudinal Elasticity Modulus and Shear Modulus of some Structures Welded with Tubular Wire; Monitoring the Behaviour of Fireworks to Vibrations and the Establishment of the Mechanical Conditioning Influence |
Acoustical Methods Used in the Study of Concrete Durability Testing of Level of Vibration and Parameters of Bearings in Industrial Fan; Chapter 3: Modeling and Simulation Techniques with Applications; Influence of Heavy Data Transmission Losses on Spectra of Signals; Compensations of the Discontinuous Nonlinearities in the Independent Joints Control of an Articulated Robot; Modeling and Testing of a New Dynamic Balancing System Based on Magnetic Interaction; Analytic-Experimental Method for Determining the Eccentricity of a Cantilever Rotor |
Study on Vibration Transmission, with Application to the Calibration of a Measuring Stand Vibrations Modeling and Simulation Using Stochastic Bondsim Elements; Considerations on Kinematics and Dynamics of Gravitational Separators with Non-Balanced Eccentric Masses Used for Cereal Seeds Cleaning; Impact of a Kinematic Link with MATLAB and Solid Works; Active Synthesis of Machine Drive Systems; Random Excitation of a Car Component from the Road; Study of a Half Car Suspension Model; An Analysis of Forced Vibrations to Railway Vehicles; Chapter 4: Biomechanics |
Particularities of Upper Limb Movements of Healthy and Pathologic Subjects |
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The book covers a broad range of topics related to acoustics and vibration problems encountered in various fields of engineering. It presents some analytical, numerical and experimental techniques applicable to analyze linear and non-linear noise and vibration problems. The 58 papers are grouped as follow: Chapter 1: Analytical Approaches to Nonlinear Vibrations; Chapter 2: Damage Assessment of Structures; Chapter 3: Modeling and Simulation Techniques with Applications; Chapter 4: Biomechanics; Chapter 5: Environmental and Occupational Noise and Vibrations; Chapter 6: Structural Vibration, Att |
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