Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing: Continued Lessons of Police Reform

by Jonathon A. Cooper, John L. Worrall (Foreword by)

Overview

This newly revised edition includes two new chapters exploring events in policing since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO in 2014. More than summarizing historical events, Cooper contextualizes the subsequent riots in light of classic sociological theory and political philosophy, and offers a potential and compelling new direction for improving both police use of force and the relationship between police and communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781793647566
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/07/2021
Series:	Policing Perspectives and Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Jonathon A. Cooper is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he currently serves as the Dean’s Associate for Academic Affairs in the College of Health and Human Services.

Table of Contents

Foreword by John L. Worrall

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: A Primer on the History of American Policing

Chapter 3: The Due Process Revolution and the Warren Court

Chapter 4: Civil Rights and the Police

Chapter 5: A Due Process Approach in the Face of Police Conservatism

Chapter 6: The Systems Approach to Criminal Justice

Chapter 7: Social Science Research

Chapter 8: A Rising Crime Rate and Police Corruption

Chapter 9: What Professional Policing Then Means for 21st Century Policing Now

Chapter 10: Police and Society Revisited

Chapter 11: A Fourth Way: The Social Contract and Expectations

Editorial Reviews

Cooper argues that certain seminal events in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s had a profound and lasting effect on the organization and behavior of police forces in the US. The Supreme Court’s rulings on due process challenged police procedures; race riots highlighted long-standing and widespread antagonisms between the police and minorities; and rising crime rates, lawsuits, and social science research revealed police inefficacy and corruption. Cooper provides a lucid synthesis of existing scholarship detailing these important developments.. . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.

Choice Reviews

Cooper tells the story of American policing, but the book is much more than a historical review of the police. It is a powerful, insightful analysis that demonstrates the interconnectedness of past, present and future in a way that we have seldom seen. The book is a compelling read for police historians, police futurists, and everyone in between.

Michael White

This is a timely manuscript in the wake of recent events precipitated in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City, New York by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. It provides a contemporary and thoughtful discussion on the historical relationship between the police and public, how far the police have come, and how far they still have to go.

Charles M. Katz

Dr. Cooper has written a well-researched and authoritative account of modern policing’s linkages to three important decades—the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. His book is a timely and welcome addition to the annals of law enforcement history.

John L. Worrall

This is a timely manuscript in the wake of recent events precipitated in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City, New York by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. It provides a contemporary and thoughtful discussion on the historical relationship between the police and public, how far the police have come, and how far they still have to go.

Charles Katz

Cooper argues that certain seminal events in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s had a profound and lasting effect on the organization and behavior of police forces in the US. The Supreme Court’s rulings on due process challenged police procedures; race riots highlighted long-standing and widespread antagonisms between the police and minorities; and rising crime rates, lawsuits, and social science research revealed police inefficacy and corruption. Cooper provides a lucid synthesis of existing scholarship detailing these important developments.. . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.

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Cooper argues that certain seminal events in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s had a profound and lasting effect on the organization and behavior of police forces in the US. The Supreme Court’s rulings on due process challenged police procedures; race riots highlighted long-standing and widespread antagonisms between the police and minorities; and rising crime rates, lawsuits, and social science research revealed police inefficacy and corruption. Cooper provides a lucid synthesis of existing scholarship detailing these important developments.. . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.

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