Homeland Security for Police Administration: Recruitment, Retention and Organizational Strategies [Paperback]

Joseph E. Pascarella (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0131132709 | ISBN-13: 978-0131132702 | Edition: 1st

Explores the new role of domestic policing in Homeland Security through the voices of Joseph Pascarella and ten other researchers in the field. Through self-contained essays, the contributing authors examine issues such as recruitment, retention, implementation models, counter terrorism initiatives, and future issues related to Homeland Security and police administration.   A common theme resonates throughout–understanding the evolving role of the police, police managers and administrators in ensuring Homeland Security today. Examines critical issues in domestic policing and Homeland Security such as: Homeland Security and policing and law enforcement; Terrorism and threats to Homeland Security; Recruiting and hiring qualified professionals; Educating and training qualified professionals; Municipal policing and law enforcement agency crime analysis and counter-terrorism; Methods of incorporating Homeland Security strategies; Strategies for sustaining port security; Research needs to support future emergency managers; Future issues related to Homeland Security and police administration.  Presents a balanced perspective and builds on the collective wisdom of leading researchers in the field.  Law enforcement professionals.

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About the Author

Joseph E. Pascarella, Ph. D. is currently a Captain in the New York Police Department, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland University College and a Senior Fellow at the Long Island University Homeland Security Management Institute.  He also works as a consultant for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and obtained his Ph. D. from the City University of New York in 2003.

 

He was also a recent recipient (2003) of a Fulbright Fellowship to lecture and conduct research at the National Police College of Finland in Espoo, Finland. And his most recent research appeared in Volume 8 Number 1 of The International Journal of Police Science and Management.  His research interests include police organizational management and strategic initiatives, homeland security for police and law enforcement agencies, and transnational crime and criminal networks. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131132709
• ISBN-13: 978-0131132702