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Dr. Heath Grant, formerly the Research Director at the Police Executive Research Forum, has more than twenty years of experience offering training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies internationally. This includes his recent work with the Bangladesh National Police. He has also helped to develop effective prevention programs internationally for USAID and other organizations. 

 

Dr. Karen Terry is an internationally known expert in sexual offending, including the practical law enforcement responses to the challenges of this difficult type of offense. Most recently, she served as the PI on a major study commissioned by the Catholic Church to document patterns in sexual offending by Catholic clergy, as well as the relationship between offending and both situational and policy dynamics.



Table of Contents
Part 1
Law Enforcement in the Criminal Justice System 1
Chapter 1 Law Enforcement in a Democratic Society 1
Chapter 2 Origins and Development of Law Enforcement 28
Chapter 3 Law Enforcement and the Law 57
Part 2
Law Enforcement Organizations–Operations and Conduct 81
Chapter 4 Policing Functions and Units 81
Chapter 5 Policing Discretion and Behavior 105
Chapter 6 Patrol and Traffic 130
Chapter 7 Search and Seizure, Arrest, and Interrogation 150
Chapter 8 Investigation and Evidence Collection 171
Chapter 9 Policing the Police 192
Part 3
Policing in the Twenty-First Century 212
Chapter 10 Policing Multicultural Communities 212
Chapter 11 Community Policing and Problem Solving 230
Chapter 12 Advances in Policing: New Technologies for Crime Analysis 255
Chapter 13 Standards for Police Recruitment 279
Glossary 299
Index 315

Law Enforcement in the 21st Century

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      Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
      Publication Date: 23/02/2016
      ISBN13: 9780134158204, 978-0134158204
      ISBN10: 0134158202

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Dr. Heath Grant, formerly the Research Director at the Police Executive Research Forum, has more than twenty years of experience offering training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies internationally. This includes his recent work with the Bangladesh National Police. He has also helped to develop effective prevention programs internationally for USAID and other organizations. 

       

      Dr. Karen Terry is an internationally known expert in sexual offending, including the practical law enforcement responses to the challenges of this difficult type of offense. Most recently, she served as the PI on a major study commissioned by the Catholic Church to document patterns in sexual offending by Catholic clergy, as well as the relationship between offending and both situational and policy dynamics.



      Table of Contents
      Part 1
      Law Enforcement in the Criminal Justice System 1
      Chapter 1 Law Enforcement in a Democratic Society 1
      Chapter 2 Origins and Development of Law Enforcement 28
      Chapter 3 Law Enforcement and the Law 57
      Part 2
      Law Enforcement Organizations–Operations and Conduct 81
      Chapter 4 Policing Functions and Units 81
      Chapter 5 Policing Discretion and Behavior 105
      Chapter 6 Patrol and Traffic 130
      Chapter 7 Search and Seizure, Arrest, and Interrogation 150
      Chapter 8 Investigation and Evidence Collection 171
      Chapter 9 Policing the Police 192
      Part 3
      Policing in the Twenty-First Century 212
      Chapter 10 Policing Multicultural Communities 212
      Chapter 11 Community Policing and Problem Solving 230
      Chapter 12 Advances in Policing: New Technologies for Crime Analysis 255
      Chapter 13 Standards for Police Recruitment 279
      Glossary 299
      Index 315

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