Change and Reform in Law Enforcement: Old and New Efforts from Across the Globe

by Scott W. Phillips (Editor), Dilip K. Das (Editor)

Overview

This book provides broad exposure to a variety of policing reforms that have not received adequate attention. It includes information and examples from different countries regarding efforts to change aspects of policing that are problematic or involve changes in the way crimes are committed. Some of the efforts to improve the police are relatively recent (i.e., using social media) and some areas of policing that seem to require frequent attention (i.e., working with the public).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498741682
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/26/2016
Series:	International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications
Pages:	353
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 16.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Scott W. Phillips is an associate professor in the Criminal Justice Department at SUNY Buffalo State. He earned a PhD from SUNY Albany and his research focuses on empirical examinations of police decision making, police culture, and agency policy. His works have appeared in Journal of Criminal Justice, Police Research and Practice, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, the International Journal of Police Science and Management, and Policing & Society.

Dilip K. Das is a professor of criminal justice, former police chief, founding editor-in-chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, and a human rights consultant to the United Nations. Das served in the Indian Police Service for 14 years. In 1994, he founded the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), which enjoys special consultative status in the United Nations. He has authored, edited, and coedited more than 30 books and numerous articles. He is editor-in-chief of two book series, Advances in Police Theory and Practice and Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons. Das has received several faculty excellence awards and is a Distinguished Faculty Lecturer.

Table of Contents

Section I: Police Officer Education

1. Benefits and Challenges of Academic Police Education
KATJA M. HALLENBERG

2. Indian Police Training Institutions, Universities, and Other Stakeholder Partnerships: Toward a Matrix Model for Better Policing
SONY KUNJAPPAN

3. Downsizing to a College-Educated Police Force
GREGORY E. WALSH

Section II: Policing and the Public

4. Correlates of Citizen Trust in the Ghanaian Police: A Regional Study
FRANCIS D. BOATENG

5. Staging "White Maleness" with Cops: A Diversity Training Case Analysis
DEBORAH S. DEMEESTER & DONALD R. LAMAGDELEINE

6. Reengineering the Delivery of Police Services: The Decision to Change Utilizing a Problem-Solving Model
RICHARD C. LUMB & JOHN B. ROGERS

7. Factors That Predict Citizen Support for Aggressive Policing
TIMOTHY A. LAVERY, AMIE M. SCHUCK, MEGAN A. ALDERDEN, RACHEL M. JOHNSTON, DENNIS P. ROSENBAUM, & CODY D. STEPHENS

8. Opposing Perspectives of Policing in Pakistan and Implications for Reform
MARK SHAW

Section III: Past and Contemporary Changes in Policing

9. Assessing the Current Status of Women in Policing: The Presence of the Past
VENESSA GARCIA

10. Police Downsizing and Change Processes in Northern Ireland: Retired Police Officers' Views on the Implementation of the Patten Report on Policing
PAUL KENNETH GILBERT, CHRISTOPHER ALAN LEWIS, & CONOR MC GUCKIN

11. Reflections on Police Corruption: Faltering Developments in Regulating Police Conduct in Australia
BERNADINE TUCKER & ANN-CLAIRE LARSEN

12. Policing Terrorism: The Significance of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Program
CHRISTOPHER W. ORTIZ

13. Police Web Presence: Engaging with the Digital Frontier
MICHAEL F. AIELLO & VIKAS K. GUMBHIR

14. The Role of Facebook in Policing: Linking Law Enforcement and the Community
MICHELLE KILBURN, LAURA KRIEGER, CRYSTAL CECIL, & LUKE MORAVEC

15. A Dynamical Spider Web of Change: The Process of Changing Policy in Law Enforcement
MICHELE MUNI

16. Conclusion
SCOTT W. PHILLIPS