Actions for Police culture : adapting to the strains of the job
Police culture : adapting to the strains of the job / Eugene A. Paoline, William Terrill
- Author
- Paoline, Eugene A.
- Published
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2014]
- Physical Description
- xiv, 179 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators
- Terrill, William, 1965-
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Police Culture: Making Sense of Disparate Conceptualizations -- Defining Culture -- Disparate Conceptualizations of Police Culture -- Police Occupational Culture -- Key Assumptions -- Foundational Research -- Primary Cultural Explanation -- Common Research Methodologies -- Police Organizational Culture -- Key Assumptions -- Foundational Research -- Primary Cultural Explanation -- Common Research Methodologies -- Police Rank Culture -- Key Assumptions -- Foundational Research -- Primary Cultural Explanation -- Common Research Methodologies -- Police Styles -- Key Assumptions -- Foundational Research -- Primary Cultural Explanation -- Common Research Methodologies -- References -- ch. 2 The Historical Context of Policing: The Evolution of Prevailing Operational Philosophies and the Implications for Police Culture -- Early American Policing---The Colonial Era -- Police Culture in the Colonial Era -- 19th Century Policing---The Political Era -- Police Culture in the Political Era -- 20th Century Policing Part I---The Professional Era -- Police Culture in the Professional Era -- 20th Century Policing Part II---The Community Policing Era -- Police Culture in the Community Policing Era -- 21st Century Policing---Post 9/11 Policing -- Hot Spots Policing -- Compstat -- Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)/Focused Deterrence -- Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) -- Strategic Management Analysis and Research Technology (SMART) Policing -- Police Culture in the 21st Century -- Concluding Thought -- References -- ch. 3 The External and Internal Environments of Seven Departments -- The External Environments -- Columbus (Ohio) Police Department -- Administrative Structure -- Patrol Geographic and Shift Structure -- Promotional Structure -- Specialized Units -- Unions/Collective Bargaining -- Supervisory Oversight for Use of Force Documentation and Complaints -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) Police Department -- Administrative Structure -- Patrol Geographic and Shift Structure -- Promotional Structure -- Specialized Units -- Unions/Collective Bargaining -- Supervisory Oversight for Use of Force Documentation and Complaints -- Portland (Oregon) Police Bureau -- Administrative Structure -- Patrol Geographic and Shift Structure -- Promotional Structure -- Specialized Units -- Unions/Collective Bargaining -- Supervisory Oversight for Use of Force Documentation and Complaints -- Albuquerque (New Mexico) Police Department -- Administrative Structure -- Patrol Geographic and Shift Structure -- Promotional Structure -- Specialized Units -- Unions/Collective Bargaining -- Supervisory Oversight for Use of Force Documentation and Complaints -- Colorado Springs (Colorado) Police Department -- Administrative Structure -- Patrol Geographic and Shift Structure -- Promotional Structure -- Specialized Units -- Unions/Collective Bargaining -- Supervisory Oversight for Use of Force Documentation and Complaints -- Fort Wayne (Indiana) Police Department -- Administrative Structure -- Patrol Geographic and Shift Structure -- Promotional Structure -- Specialized Units -- Unions/Collective Bargaining -- Supervisory Oversight for Use of Force Documentation and Complaints -- Knoxville (Tennessee) Police Department -- Administrative Structure -- Patrol Geographic and Shift Structure -- Promotional Structure -- Specialized Units -- Unions/Collective Bargaining -- Supervisory Oversight for Use of Force Documentation and Complaints -- References -- ch. 4 Surveying Patrol Officers: Process, Success, and Lessons -- The Survey Process -- Aim -- Pre-Visit Preparation -- Visiting the Agencies -- Success -- Lessons -- The Need for Proper Pre-Visit Preparation -- The Role of the Agency Contact -- Getting the Shift Sergeant "On Board" -- Presenting the Project to Patrol Officers -- Dealing with Non-Respondents -- Deliver on Your Promises -- Know the History of Your Department, Especially Problematic Conditions -- References -- ch. 5 Adapting to the Strains of Policing: Evidence from Seven Departments -- The Policing Environments -- The Occupational (Street) Environment -- Danger -- Coercive Authority -- The Organizational (Supervisory) Environment -- Supervisors -- Role Ambiguity -- Coping Mechanisms/Cultural Prescriptions -- Dealing with the Streets -- Suspiciousness -- Maintaining the Edge -- Dealing with the Police Department -- Laying Low -- Role Orientation -- Cultural Outcomes -- The Occupational (Street) Environment -- Social Isolation -- The Organizational (Supervisory) Environment -- Loyalty -- The Occupational Culture Carriers -- A Note on Socialization -- References -- ch. 6 Conclusions and Implications -- Cultural Homogeneity versus Heterogeneity -- Cultural Homogeneity -- Cultural Heterogeneity -- Connotations of Police Culture -- Moving Forward -- References.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781611630473 (alk. paper)
1611630479 (alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2013
- Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment
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