Police and law enforcement /

Police and law enforcement / general editor, William J. Chambliss. - Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage c2011. - xvi, 320 p. ; 24 cm. - Key issues in crime and punishment ; [v.2] . - Key issues in crime and punishment. .

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.

9781412978590 (hbk.) 1412978599

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