Policing in America: A Balance of Forces
Policing in America: A Balance of Forces
- ISBN 13:
9780130926241
- ISBN 10:
0130926248
- Edition: 3rd
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 01/01/2008
- Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary
This third edition of POLICING IN AMERICA: A Balance of Forces, by Robert H. Langworthy and Lawrence E Travis III, provides an updated review of the various police and law enforcement agencies working in the United States today The text continues to provide students with an analytical framework for understanding the police as a balanced product of social, historical, political, legal, individual, and organizational forces. This edition contains updated graphs of the most recent police data and discussions of recently published research that begins to address the "balance of forces" theoretical perspective. SPECIAL FEATURES bull; bull;Written in a clear style designed to engage the reader's interest and attention. bull;Includes "correlates" sections that examine theoretical propositions about the police in light of current research literature, developing students' analytical and critical thinking about police. bull;Describes the contemporary police industry in the United States, including public and private agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. bull;Provides figures and graphs presenting recent data on policing in America. bull;Presents and analyzes the three major functions of policing in the United States: law enforcement, service provision, and the maintenance of order. bull;Covers contemporary issues in policing such as quality of life policing and racial profiling.