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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cooper, Jonathon A., 1982-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2014.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Police.
Police misconduct.
Police discretion.
Organizational behavior.
Abus de la police.
Pouvoir discrétionnaire de la police.
Comportement organisationnel.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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