ISBN: 9780130270160    Publisher: Pearson Education (US) Year of publishing: 2001     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 256        Language: English

For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Special Topics in Policing, and Police and Society. Original works by nationally and internationally recognized practitioners and academicians provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview addressing a variety of relevant issues and acts of police misconduct. The historical and theoretical frameworks found in this collection focuses on a range of issues related to the definition, description, prevention, and control of acts of police deviance. Contemporary control strategies-such as early warning systems, drug testing technologies, and community police issues are explored at length.
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Dr. Kim Michelle Lersch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include police misconduct and race relations. Recent publications have appeared in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, American Journal of Criminal Justice, and the Journal of Criminal Justice.
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