Police administration: structures, processes, and behaviors

"Built on the foundation of its authors' decades of experience in law enforcement, training, and teaching, and updated to reflect recent subjects and concerns in the field of police work, this Ninth Edition of Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and Behavior blends a comprehensive introduction to police administration with key supporting details. Content is comprehensively illustrated with relevant, never-before-seen photographs, original tables and diagrams, cases studies, and "Current Event" boxes that provide thorough explanations of recent events. In this updated edition, the authors explore the evolution of American policing and modern organizational issues. This best-selling text vividly and effectively introduces students to the procedures, politics, and human relations issues that police supervisors and administrators must understand in order to succeed."--Publisher's website.

Part I: Foundations -- 1. The Evolution of Police Administration -- 2. Policing Today -- 3. Intelligence, Terrorism, and Homeland Security -- 4. Politics and Police Administration -- Part II: The Organization and the Leader -- 5. Organizational Theory -- 6. Organizational Design -- 7. Leadership -- 8. Planning and Decision Making -- 9. Human Resource Management -- Part III: The Management of Police Organizations -- 10. Organizational and Interpersonal Communication -- 11. Labor Relations -- 12. Financial Management -- Part Four: Organizational Issues -- 13. Stress and Police Personnel -- 14. Legal Aspects of Police Administration -- 15. Organizational Change.