Introduction to Policing

POLICE OPERATIONS Chapter 4. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF POLICE OFFICERS The Importance of Recruitment and Selection Anti-Discrimination Legislation Entry-Level Recruitment and Selection Testing of Candidates Supervisory Recruitment and Selection Recruitment and Selection of Police Chiefs Chapter 5. POLICE TRAINING AND EDUCATION Police Education Research on College Education and Police Performance Police Training Types of Training Challenges Chapter 6. POLICE WORK: OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS Basic Police Functions Styles of Policing Patrol Strength and Allocation Other Types of Patrol Evaluating Patrol Evaluation of Police Performance Police and the Media Chapter 7.

CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIES IN POLICING Community Policing Problem-Oriented Policing Research on Community- and Problem-Oriented Policing Criticisms of Community Policing The Current Status of COP and POP Innovations in Policing Strategies PART III. POLICE CONDUCT Chapter 8. THE POLICE CULTURE AND WORK STRESS What is Culture? Analyzing Police Subculture Types of Stresses in Police Work Effects and Consequences of Police Stress Police Shootings and Critical Incidents Counteracting Police Stress Chapter 9. LAW, COURT DECISIONS, AND THE POLICE The 1st Amendment The 2nd Amendment The 4th Amendment The 5th Amendment The 14th Amendment The Exclusionary Rule Police Use of Force The Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and Terrorism Chapter 10.

TECHNOLOGY AND THE POLICE The Costs and Benefits of Technology Computers Video Cameras Surveillance Technology Crime Mapping Biological Identifiers Speed Detection Devices or Systems Armor and Weapons Chapter 14. TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, AND TERRORISM Transnational Crime White-Collar Crime Terrorism Local Response to Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime Chapter 15. PRIVATE POLICE History and Background The Current Private Security Force Private and Contract Security Personnel Authority, Requirements, and Accountability Private versus Public Police Coordinating Public Police and Private Security PART V. LOOKING AHEAD Chapter 16. THE FUTURE OF POLICING IN AMERICA The Changing Context Ongoing and Strategic Change Terrorism and Future Policing.

Foundations of policing -- Policing in America -- A brief history of police in the United States -- Police organization and administration : an overview -- Police operations -- Recruitment and selection of police officers -- Police training and education -- Police work : operations and functions -- Contemporary strategies in policing -- Police conduct -- The police culture and work stress -- Law, court decisions, and the police -- Discretion and ethics in policing -- Police misconduct and accountability -- Contemporary issues in policing -- Policing in a diverse society -- Technology and the police -- Transnational crime, white-collar crime, and terrorism -- Private police -- Looking ahead -- The future of policing in america -- .