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Policing in Modern Society

  • 1st Edition - February 16, 1999
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Bruce L. Berg
  • Language: English

Policing in Modern Society blends both practical and theoretical issues to create a well organized text with the necessary balance for the future criminal justice professional.The… Read more

Description

Policing in Modern Society blends both practical and theoretical issues to create a well organized text with the necessary balance for the future criminal justice professional.The author's writing style draws heavily upon the use of contemporary examples taken from movies, television and the print media.The instructors guide includes chapter outlines, chapter objectives, summaries of chapters, key terms from chapters, a test bank consisting of the following types of questions: choice, true and false, matching, and discussion.The author has an appealing, easy reading style and uses varied pedagogical devices which makes the book very reader friendly.

Key features

Draws on contemporary examples taken from movies, television and the print mediaCombines the practical and the theoretical issuesInstructors manual includes chapter outlines, objectives, summaries, key terms and test questions

Readership

This book is intended to be used by undergraduate introductory law enforcement, police in society, police operations, and police patrol and adminstration courses taught at junior college, college and univeristies. It is written with a blend of both practical (criminal justice application oriented) and theoretical (criminological/sociological oriented) issues.

Table of contents

Preface, Social Control and Social Order, The Organization of Law, Enforcement Agencies, Police Operations, Criminal Investigation, Interviews and Interrogations, Constitutional Regulations and the Police, Criminalistics and the Police, Computers And The Police, Police Discretion, Police Culture, Women and Minorities in Law, Police Subculture, Police Ethics, Hazard of Policing, Police Professionalism

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 23, 1999
  • Language: English

About the author

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Bruce L. Berg

Affiliations and expertise
Dept. of Criminal Justice, California State University-Long Beach, U.S.A.