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Policing : a modular approach / Ronald G. Burns, Texas Christian University.

By: New Jersey : Pearson, c2013Description: xviii, 552 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780132559997
  • 0132559994
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.230973 .B967 2013
LOC classification:
  • HV8139 .B87 2013
Summary: "This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the many issues inherent in policing and does so in an unbiased and objective manner. Various efforts have been taken to make the information easy to understand an retain. The emphasis on research helps readers to become aware of recent developments in the field and exposes them to empirical evaluations of policing. This book differs from other current policing texts in several important respects, by including (1) a significant topics within policing; (2) an organizational approach designed to promote reader comprehension of the material; (3) consistent reinforcement of the material, with an emphasis on empirically based research studies; (4) comprehensive coverage of relevant police issues; and (5) critical-thinking exercises that truly reinforce the information."-- Preface
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-538) and index.

"This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the many issues inherent in policing and does so in an unbiased and objective manner. Various efforts have been taken to make the information easy to understand an retain. The emphasis on research helps readers to become aware of recent developments in the field and exposes them to empirical evaluations of policing. This book differs from other current policing texts in several important respects, by including (1) a significant topics within policing; (2) an organizational approach designed to promote reader comprehension of the material; (3) consistent reinforcement of the material, with an emphasis on empirically based research studies; (4) comprehensive coverage of relevant police issues; and (5) critical-thinking exercises that truly reinforce the information."-- Preface

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