In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices /

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Cooper answers two questions: why do police precincts look similar, despite being situated in very different environments? And, why do police engage in behavior that does not result in crime control? These two questions are closely related.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, Jonathon A., 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2014.
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Police.
Police misconduct.
Police discretion.
Organizational behavior.
Abus de la police.
Pouvoir discrétionnaire de la police.
Comportement organisationnel.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Organizational behavior
Police
Police discretion
Police misconduct
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Organizational legitimacy and the policing mandate
  • Using isomorphism to explain aggregate police behavior
  • Measuring policing isomorphism : challenges and solutions
  • Crime and policing in DC
  • Examining territoriality and isomorphism
  • Examining social ecology and sovereigns
  • Towards a theoretical model of territorial isomorphism and policing
  • Future directions in policing practice and research
  • Appendix a: additional tables
  • Appendix b: additional figures
  • References
  • Index.

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