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Policing as though people matter
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- Creator
- Dorothy Guyot
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1991
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0877227551, 9780877227557, 0877227667, 9780877227663
- OCLC
- ocm21333789
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and indexes.
- PART I: SERVICE BY PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICERS -- Two transformations in police upgrading -- Overcoming inertia -- Patrol officers: general practitioners who make house calls -- The hospital model -- PART II: COPING WITH CRIME -- Arrests -- Solving crime problems -- From fear of crime to sense of safety -- PART III: POLICE POWER -- Police malpractice -- Union power -- Political accountability versus political interference -- PART IV: EXCELLENCE IN POLICE SERVICE -- Building bridges between police and public -- Fairness