Police leadership in America : crisis and opportunity / edited by William A. Gellner.

Other author Geller, William A.
Other author American Bar Foundation.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : American Bar Foundation ; New York : Praeger, 1985.
Descriptionxxiii, 520 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Partial contents Structuring the political independence of the police chief / Allen H. Andrews Jr. -- The police and the polis : a mayor's perspective / William H. Hudnut III -- The prospective chief's negotiation of authority with the mayor / Patrick V. Murphy -- Politics and police leadership : the view from city hall / Donald M. Fraser -- Chief-mayor relations : the view from the chief's chair / Richard J. Brzeczek -- Shaping and serving the community : the role of the police chief executive / Albert J. Reiss Jr. -- Police-community power sharing / Lee P. Brown -- Organizing the community for improved policing / Raymond C. Davis -- Police accountability and the media / Jerome H. Skolnick, Candace McCoy -- Media accountability and the police : a response to Jerome Skolnick and Candace McCoy / Jack Fuller -- Media coverage of police departments : a response to the Skolnick-McCoy critique / Carl Stern -- Rejoinder to Carl Stern's and Jack Fuller's criticisms of "police accountability and the media" / Jerome H. Skolnick, Candace McCoy -- Who disciplines the police? : Who should? / Wayne A. Kerstetter -- The sources of police legitimacy and a model for police misconduct review : a response to Wayne Kerstetter / Wesley A. Carroll Pomeroy -- Reaching systemic police abuses-- the need for civilian investigation of misconduct : a response to Wayne Kerstetter / Amitai Schwartz -- Who disciplines the police? : I do! : A response to Wayne Kerstetter / George Napper -- Controlling the police-- the art of the possible : a rejoinder to Napper, Pomeroy, and Schwartz / Wayne A. Kerstetter -- Prosecutors, courts, and police : some constraints on the police chief executive / William F. McDonald -- Blighted trees in a benighted forest : the police officer's cases, the prosecutor's screening and bargaining practices, and the social scientist's numbers / Albert W. Alschuler -- Overkilling the police : a response to McDonald on police and the legal profession / Joseph D. McNamara -- Of overkill and blighted trees : a rejoinder to McNamara and Alschuler / William F. McDonald -- Section 1983 and the changing face of police management / Wayne W. Schmidt -- Police unions : paper tigers or roaring lions? / Anthony V. Bouza -- The chief and the union : may the force be with you / Robert B. Kliesmet -- Police unions : how they look from the academic side / James B. Jacobs -- Order maintenance, the quality of urban life, and police : a line of argument / George L. Kelling -- Order maintenance, the quality of urban life, and police : a different line of argument / Carl B. Klockars -- The oasis technique : a method of controlling crime and improving the quality of life / William H. Lindsey ... [et al.] -- Making better use of victims and witnesses / Wesley G. Skogan -- Retrenchment, the constitution, and policing / Hubert Williams -- Setting the standards : the efforts and impact of blue-ribbon commissions on the police / Samuel Walker -- Research and the police administrator : working smarter, not harder / James K. Stewart -- Police research and police policy : some propositions about the production and use of knowledge / Gary W. Cordner -- Leading blindly : an assessment of chiefs' information about police operations / Louis A. Mayo -- The ethics of experimentation in law enforcement / John E. Shapard --
General note"Praeger special studies. Praeger scientific."
General noteIncludes indexes.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 467-490.
LCCN 85006284
ISBN0030032881 (alk. paper) :
ISBN0030032873 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

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Joyner General Stacks HV8141 .P766 1985 ✔ Available Place Hold