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In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices
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- Summary
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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 contro...
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.
Details
- Creator
- Jonathon A. Cooper
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781593327552, 1593327552, 1593327242
- OCLC
- ocn870181842
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- 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