The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing (Oxford Handbooks)

The police are perhaps the most visible representation of government. They are charged with what has been characterized as an "impossible" mandate -- control and prevent crime, keep the peace, provide public services -- and do so within the constraints of democratic principles. The police are trusted to use deadly force when it is called for and are allowed access to our homes in cases of emergency. In fact, police departments are one of the few government agencies that can be mobilized by a simple phone call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are ubiquitous within our society, but their actions are often not well understood. The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing brings together research on the development and operation of policing in the United States and elsewhere. Accomplished policing researchers Michael D. Reisig and Robert J. Kane have assembled a cast of renowned scholars to provide an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the institution of policing. The different sections of the Handbook explore policing contexts, strategies, authority, and issues relating to race and ethnicity. The Handbook also includes reviews of the research methodologies used by policing scholars and considerations of the factors that will ultimately shape the future of policing, thus providing persuasive insights into why and how policing has developed, what it is today, and what to expect in the future. Aimed at a wide audience of scholars and students in criminology and criminal justice, as well as police professionals, the Handbook serves as the definitive resource for information on this important institution. --Provided by publisher This Title Brings Together Research On The Development And Operation Of Policing In The United States And Elsewhere. Accomplished Policing Researchers Michael D. Reisig And Robert J. Kane Have Assembled A Cast Of Renowned Scholars To Provide An Authoritative And Comprehensive Overview Of The Institution Of Policing. A Recent History Of The Police / James J. Willis -- Policing Urban Drug Markets / Lallen T. Johnson -- The Politics Of Policing / John L. Worrall -- Police Organizations And The Iron Cage Of Rationality / Edward R. Maguire -- Problem-oriented Policing : Principles, Practice, And Crime Prevention / Anthony A. Braga -- Order Maintenance Policing / David Thatcher -- Community Policing / Gary Cordner -- Zero Tolerance And Policing / Jack R. Greene -- Policing Vulnerable Populations / Melissa Schaefer Morabito -- Police Authority In Liberal-consent Democracies : A Case For Anti-authoritarian Cops / Willem De Lint -- Police Legitimacy / Justice Tankebe -- Police Coercion / William Terrill -- Restraint And Technology : Exploring Police Use Of The Taser Through The Diffusion Of Innovation Framework / Michael D. White -- Police Misconduct / Sanja Kutnjak Ivković -- Police Race Relations / Ronald Weitzer -- Race, Place, And Policing The Inner-city / Rod K. Brunson And Jacinta M. Gau -- Racial Profiling / Robin S. Engel And Derek M. Cohen -- Illegal Immigration And Local Policing / Melanie A. Taylor [and 4 Others] -- Police Administrative Records As Social Science Data / Matthew J. Hickman -- Using Community Surveys To Study Policing / Wesley G. Skogan -- Systematic Social Observation Of The Police / Robert E. Worden And Sarah J. Mclean -- Using Experimental Designs To Study Police Interventions / Lorraine Mazerolle, Cynthia Lum, And Anthony A. Braga -- Ethnographies Of Policing / Peter K. Manning -- Police Legitimacy In Action : Lessons For Theory And Policy / Ben Bradford, Jonathan Jackson, And Mike Hough -- Private Policing In Public Spaces / Alison Wakefield And Mark Button -- The Policing Of Space : New Realities, Old Dilemmas / Steve Herbert -- Policing In Central And Eastern Europe : Past, Present, And Future Prospects / Gorazd Meško, Andrej Sotlar, And Branko Lobnikar -- Local Police And The War On Terrorism / Brian Forst. Edited By Michael D. Reisig And Robert J. Kane. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing THE OXFORD HANDBOOKS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Copyright Contents List of Contributors The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing Part I Policing Contexts CHAPTER 1 A RECENT HISTORY OF THE POLiCE CHAPTER 2 POLICING URBAN DRUG MARKETS CHAPTER 3 THE POLITICS OF POLICING CHAPTER 4 POLICE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE IRON CAGE OF RATIONALITY Part II Policing Strategies CHAPTER 5 PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE, AND CRIME PREVENTION CHAPTER 6 ORDER MAINTENANCE POLICING CHAPTER 7 Community Policing CHAPTER 8 ZERO TOLERANCE AND POLICING CHAPTER 9 POLICING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS PART III Police Authority CHAPTER 10 POLICE AUTHORITY IN LIBERAL-CONSENT DEMOCRACIES: A CASE FOR ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN COPS chapter 11 POLICE LEGITIMACY CHAPTER 12 POLICE COERCION CHAPTER 13 RESTRAINT AND TECHNOLOGY: EXPLORING POLICE USE OF THE TASER THROUGH THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION FRAMEWORK CHAPTER 14 POLICE MISCONDUCT PART IV RACE/ETHNICITY AND POLICING CHAPTER 15 POLICE RACE RELATIONS CHAPTER 16 RACE, PLACE, AND POLICING THE INNER-CITY CHAPTER 17 RACIAL PROFILING CHAPTER 18 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND LOCAL POLICING Part V Varieties of Police Research CHAPTER 19 POLICE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AS SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA CHAPTER 20 USING COMMUNITY SURVEYS TO STUDY POLICING CHAPTER 21 SYSTEMATIC SOCIAL OBSERVATION OF THE POLiCE CHAPTER 22 USING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS TO STUDY POLICE INTERVENTIONS CHAPTER 23 ETHNOGRAPHIES OF POLICING Part VI Policing into the Future CHAPTER 24 POLICE LEGITIMACY IN ACTION: LESSONS FOR THEORY AND POLICY CHAPTER 25 PRIVATE POLICING IN PUBLIC SPACES CHAPTER 26 THE POLICING OF SPACE: NEW REALITIES, OLD DILEMMAS CHAPTER 27 POLICING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CHAPTER 28 LOCAL POLICE AND THE “WAR” ON TERRORISM Index