Police Administration Structures, Processes, and Behavior
by Swanson, Charles R.; Territo, Leonard J.; Taylor, Robert E.Edition: 8th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-08-03
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary
This best-selling text presents a vivid introduction to police organizations that focuses on the procedures, politics and human relations issues police supervisors and administrators must understand in order to succeed. Building on the authors' decades of collective experience in law enforcement, training, and teaching, Police Administration 8eis recognized by both the academic and law enforcement communities as the authoritative treatment of this topic. Fully updated in this edition, it includes the latest on the evolution of American policing, the organization and the leader, the management of police organizations, and modern organizational issues.
Table of Contents
1. Evolution of Police Administration
2. Policing Today
3. Intelligence, Homeland Security, and Terrorism
4. Politics and Police Administration
5. Organizational Theory and the Leader
6. Organizational Design
7. Leadership
8. Planning and Decision Making
9. Human Resource Management
10. Organizational and Interpersonal Communication
11. Labor Relations
12. Financial Management
13. Stress and Police Personnel
14. Legal Aspects of Police Administration
15. Organizational Change
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