In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices / / Jonathon A. Cooper
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| Autore: |
Cooper Jonathon A. <1982->
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| Titolo: |
In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices / / Jonathon A. Cooper
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| Pubblicazione: | El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Police |
| Police misconduct | |
| Police discretion | |
| Organizational behavior | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | In search of police legitimacy |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-755-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827862203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)