Issues and Controversies in Policing Today

The second edition of Issues and Controversies in Policing Today breaks down the most contemporary policing issues from an academic and practitioner perspective. This edition features two new chapters on (1) the critical shortage of police officers and (2) the conflict and tensions between street cops and management cops.

Preface: What Happens When a Professor Becomes a Police Officer?
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Brief History of American Policing
Chapter 3: Community Policing and Contemporary Strategies
Chapter 4: Police Selection and Training
Chapter 5: The Police Subculture
Chapter 6: The Police Officer Experience: Changes to an Individual
Chapter 7: Career Stages and the Mental and Physical Toll of Policework
Chapter 8: Women in Policing
Chapter 9: Racial Minority and LGBTQ Cops
Chapter 10: Police Brutality and Use of Force
Chapter 11: Racial Profiling
Chapter 12: Police and the Media: The Myths and Realities of Policework
Chapter 13: The Police and Social Media
Chapter 14: The Politics of Policing and Crime Reduction
Chapter 15: Street Cops and Management Cops
Chapter 16: The Critical Shortage of Police Officers
Chapter 17: Terrorism, Cyberspace, White-Collar Crime
Chapter 18: Risk, Technology, Surveillance, and the Future of Policing
Notes
Glossary
Index
About the Author