POLICE ADMINISTRATION, 7th ed., Charles R. Swanson, Leonard Territo and Robert Taylor, 2008

The best-selling, most comprehensive text available for police administration & management, Police Administration 7th edition presents a carefully researched and vivid introduction to police organizations that focuses on the procedures, politics and human relations issues that law enforcement managers and administrators must understand in order to succeed.

Representing the collective experience of the authors' decades of experience in law enforcement, training, and teaching, Police Administration 7th is recognized by both the academic and law enforcement communities as the authoritative treatment of this important topic.

Chapter topics include the evolution of American policing, community policing, organizational theory, concepts of police organizational design, leadership, organizational and interpersonal communication, human resource management, stress and police personnel, labor relations, legal aspects of police administration, planning and decision-making, financial management, and organizational change and the future.

Features include:

  • Authoritative, comprehensive and carefully researched - Gives students the most complete and trusted textbook available for the course.
  • Numerous case studies based on the authors' own experiences - Helps students understand the theories presented in the text by highlighting real-life examples.
  • Fully illustrated with photos, graphs, tables and figures - Provides visual reinforcement to the ideas presented in the text.
  • An extensive instructor and student resource package–Including a comprehensive instructor's manual, computerized test bank and Companion Website - Provides students and instructors with additional resources to help them succeed in the course.

    New To This Edition:

  • Brand new 2-Color design in text (was previously Black & White) - Livens up the text for students and professors in a better visual format
  • Book now divided into 4 parts: The Evolution of American Policing, The Organization & the Leader, The Management of Police Organizations, & Organizational Issues - Makes for a progressive and easy-to-follow text for students
  • Updated photographs, tables, & figures - Keeps the statistics and current trends of Police Administration in the forefront
  • New areas of information include: Historical development of policing in the US, Policing Today and the merging of community policing philosophies, The impact of terrorism & homeland security on police administration, Organizational features of the sheriff's office, Stress & Police Personnel - Much of this new information in case comes equipped with case studies which will help the student discussion and understanding.

    720 pages, 8" x 10", hardcover, ISBN 978-01-31589-339, BP0994 / $103.00

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