Police and law enforcement / general editor, William J. Chambliss.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Key issues in crime and punishmentPublication details: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage c2011.Description: xvi, 320 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781412978590 (hbk.)
  • 1412978599
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 7921 .P52 2011
Contents:
Accountability -- Arrest practices -- Bounty hunters and rewards -- Entrapment -- Internal review practices -- Interrogation practices -- Miranda warnings -- Plain view doctrine -- Police brutality -- Police corruption and code of silence -- Police privatization -- Police strikes and blue flu -- Profiling -- Riot and demonstration responses -- Use of deadly force -- Vehicle searches -- Vehicular police pursuits -- Vigilantes -- Warrants -- Zero-tolerance policing.
Summary: Examines many aspects of policing in society, including their common duties, legal regulations on those duties, problematic policing practices, and alternatives to traditional policing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accountability -- Arrest practices -- Bounty hunters and rewards -- Entrapment -- Internal review practices -- Interrogation practices -- Miranda warnings -- Plain view doctrine -- Police brutality -- Police corruption and code of silence -- Police privatization -- Police strikes and blue flu -- Profiling -- Riot and demonstration responses -- Use of deadly force -- Vehicle searches -- Vehicular police pursuits -- Vigilantes -- Warrants -- Zero-tolerance policing.

Examines many aspects of policing in society, including their common duties, legal regulations on those duties, problematic policing practices, and alternatives to traditional policing.

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