This eclectic collection of contemporary and classical articles examines a variety of operational and administrative issues in the context of modern police work. It provides even coverage in terms of both theoretical and applied perspectives, with an analytical approach. In this regard, the reader is given a foundation as to why the police operate as they do.
Gaines and Cordner's anthology offers the following distinctive features:

• A number of articles on the community policing movement.
• A section addressing administrative issues. Critics of policing have charged that antiquated management styles have hampered the progress of community policing.
• The section on doing police work addresses a number of specific operational issues.
• A strong section on ethics and deviance. Some critics charge that community policing may result in increased levels of police corruption and ethical violations.
• Articles that put the "problem solving" strategy of community policing into perspective.

Thought-provoking introductions to each article and each section guide the student and ease instruction by identifying and explaining central issues, key concepts, and relationships among topics. This gives internal cohesiveness and structure to the selections. A comprehensive subject index is also provided.

Part I: The Function of The Police
1. Dilemmas of Police Administration

James Q. Wilson
In this classical piece, Wilson examines the role of the police in modern society. It represents the early beginnings of the movement from the professional model to order maintenance.

2. Reconsidering the Police Role

Clifford Shearing and Jeffrey Leon
Shearing and Leon further define the police role from a macro level by examining the police vis-à-vis the police in relation to other institutions in our society and the police's ability to use force to maintain order.

3. Can the Police Be Privatized

Philip Fixler and Robert Poole, Jr.
Over the years there have been efforts to privatize public safety services. Fixler and Poole examine and discuss these efforts in terms of their effectiveness and overall impact on society and policing.

4. The County Sheriff as a Distinctive Policing Modality

David Falcone and Edward Wells
The sheriff is one of the oldest forms of law enforcement in Western society. The authors examine it as an American institution.

Part II: History and Context
5. The Development of Modern Police

David Bayley
Bayley traces the development of policing by focusing on our English heritage. Additionally, Bayley examines police as they developed in a variety of other cultures.

6. Southern Slave Patrols as a Transitional Police Style

Phillip Reichel
Slave patrols represent a distinctive form of early American law enforcement. Reichel's discussion of them helps better define the development of American policing.

7. The Municipal Detective: An Historical Analysis

Jack Kuykendall
Police detectives evolved in terms of how they investigated crimes. Kuykendall provides an interesting and detailed examination of this evolution.

8. Broken Windows and Fractured History

Samuel Walker
Walker critiques some of the historical discussions of the police. He provides a realistic examination of early American policing and discusses its implication for modern policing.

Part III: Strategies and Programs
9. Crime and Policing

Mark H. Moore, Robert Trojanowicz, and George Kelling
The authors explore the movement toward community policing. They compare some of the traditional and community policing methods and discuss probable outcomes.

10. Community Policing: Elements and ordner

Cordner provides one of the more comprehensive discussions of the meaning of community policing. He provides a framewoEffects
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11. The Problems of Problem-Solving

Michael Buerger
To some extent, problem-solving has been offered as a panacea for policing. Buerger discusses the extent to which problem-solving can be a successful strategy.

12. The Kansas City Gun Experiment

Lawrence Sherman, James Shaw, and Dennis Rogan
The authors examine the effects of increased patrols in gun crime hot spots and how such patrols can positively affect violent crime.

Part IV: The Nature of Police Work
13. Four Policemen

William K. Muir
Muir's classical study describes how police officers adjust to the job. He describes the four distinctive types of officers in detail.

14. Patterns of Police Investigation

William B. Waegel
The author looks closely at how police investigate property and personal crimes. He explains and illustrates how investigations differ between routine and nonroutine offenses.

15. What Is Patrol Work

Gordon Whitaker
Whitaker provides one of the first detailed analyses of what police officers do while on patrol. This solid work helps place patrol in its proper perspective.

16. Learning the Skills of Policing

David Bayley and Egon Bittner
The authors explore how information is transmitted through formal and informal channels within police organizations. Their discussion touches upon the problem of competing cultures.

Part V: Doing Police Work
17. The Law Enforcement Response to Spouse Abuse

David Hirschel, Ira Hutchison, Charles Dean, and Anne-Marie Mills
The authors explore the explosive issue of domestic violence. They provide a solid foundation to how the police have responded in the past, and they review the effectiveness of current responses.

18. Vice Isn't Nice: A Look at the Effects of Working Undercover

Mark Pogrebin and Eric Poole
The authors examine one of the most controversial police activities. They explore undercover in terms of its effects on officers and society.

19. The Police and Drugs

Mark Moore and Mark Kleiman
Moore and Kleiman explore the strategies available to the police for attacking the drug problem. They discuss the appropriateness of various strategies in terms of problems and police organizations.

20. Police Handling of People With Mental Illness

Elizabeth Perkins and Gary Cordner
The mentally ill represent one of the most thorny issues confronting the police. The authors explore strategies for dealing with mental illness.

Part VI: Ethics And Deviance
21. Learning Police Ethics

Lawrence Sherman
Police integrity has become a national concern. Sherman provides insights into how police officers learn and develop ethics. He also discusses the implications of police ethics on performance.

22. Drug-Related Corruption of Police Officers

David Carter
Drug corruption has become one of the most significant problems in law enforcement. Carter examines the extent and implications of drug corruption on the police.

23. Exploring Police Sexual Violence Against Women

Peter Kraska and Victor Kappeler
Police sexual harassment and violence against women is an extensive but seldom discussed problem. Kraska and Kappeler review a number of cases and place the problem in its proper perspective.

24. " Fluffing Up the Evidence and Covering Your Ass": Some Conceptual Notes on Police Lying

Thomas Barker and David Carter
Defense attorneys have long accused the police of lying in order to procure convictions. The authors explore police lying within the police culture.

Part VII: Administration and Management
25. Developing Police Policy: An Evaluation of the Control Principle

Geoffrey Alpert and William Smith
Alpert and Smith examine the role of policy formulation in policing. They tactfully examine the need to balance controlling police discretion with the need to empower officers.

26. Empowering Police Officers: The Tarnished Silver Bullet?

Larry Gaines and Charles Swanson
The authors analyze the rhetoric surrounding empowerment of officers and community policing. They also examine police administration in terms of contemporary theory.

27. Community Policing and Police Agency Accreditation

Gary Cordner and Gerald Williams
The authors examine whether accreditation and its rulification hamper community policing.

28. An Institutional Perspective of Policing

John Crank and Robert Langworthy
The authors examine the nature of the relationship between police organizations and their environment.

Part VIII: Contemporary Issues
29. Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department

The Christopher Commission
The Rodney King incident has been one of the most influential events in recent police history. A summary of the Commission's findings is provided.

30. Police Use of Deadly Force: Research and Reform

James Fyfe
Deadly force has long been a problem in law enforcement. Fyfe clarifies the problem, examines the extent to which deadly force is a problem, and examines how the police have approached it.

31. Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units

Peter Kraska and Victor Kappeler
A number of departments have created paramilitary units which use quasi-military tactics to deal with a number of crime problems. The authors examine this phenomenon and discuss its implications for the broader police role.

32. Dragons and Dinosaurs: The Plight of Patrol Women

Donna Hale and Stacey Wyland
Gender is an age-old problem in policing. The authors explore the barriers to gender equality and provide suggestions for improvement.