| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 252 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Police mission, ideals, and values -- Inferences from excellent companies -- Perspectives on police culture -- Autobiographical perspectives -- Multicultural perspectives -- Image of American policing -- The armed police in British colonial tradition -- The colonial beginnings of the Indian police -- Comparative organizational perspectives -- Street cops -- Organizational diagnosis -- Human values & police leadership -- Innovations and experimentations -- Police as a learning organization. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
What is the best management style for the police? Police Mission discusses the values and norms inherent in the American police mission, and examines how police respond to challenges that arise while attempting to uphold this mission. It reveals that the way officers are being trained in ethics and human relations are not effective as they could be, and argues that policing has to move towards a greater emphasis on human values, moral sensitivity, and discerning judgment. A large number of themes ranging from personnel management, occupational culture, and innovative experiments in US poli. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Police -- United States.
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Police. |
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United States. |
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Police subculture -- United States.
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Police subculture. |
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Police administration -- United States.
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Police administration. |
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Police.
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Crime prevention -- Philosophy.
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Crime prevention -- Philosophy. |
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Crime prevention. |
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Law enforcement -- Philosophy.
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Law enforcement -- Philosophy. |
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Law enforcement. |
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Electronic books.
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Police. |
| Added Author |
Verma, Arvind.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Das, Dilip K., 1941- Police mission. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003 0810832895 (DLC) 2002012350 (OCoLC)50334013 |
| ISBN |
0585479941 (electronic book) |
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9780585479941 (electronic book) |
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0810832895 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780810832893 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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