Police Community Relations and the Administration of Justice [Hardcover]

Pamela D. Mayhall (Author), Thomas Barker (Author), Ronald D. Hunter (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130977918 | ISBN-13: 978-0130977915 | Publication Date: August 25, 1994 | Edition: 4 Sub

For one/two-semester courses on Police/Community Relations, Police and Society, Policing within American Society, or Issues in Policing in two- and four-year and proprietary schools. Substantive--yet accessible--this overview of police-community relations focuses on the importance of, and strategies for, positive interaction in dealing with the many turbulent issues which affect crime control in America today. It addresses a challenge that all criminal justice practitioners--police, courts, and corrections--must confront...the development and maintenance of meaningful relationships with one another and with the citizens they serve.

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Substantive -- yet accessible -- this overview of police community relations focuses on the importance of, and strategies for, positive police community interaction in dealing with the many turbulent issues which affect crime control in America.

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The sixth edition of Police-Community Relations and the Administration of Justice continues the theme set in the first edition: citizen participation is critical to the effectiveness of the criminal justice system. This is especially true for the police. The police have a unique responsibility to encourage and facilitate citizen participation. This book addresses the internal and external communities served by the police and discusses past, present, and future practices that can create and sustain meaningful and successful police-community relations. Fully updated and revised, this sixth edition features the following:

• A new chapter on police-community relations in the new millennium, including the effects of outside community events on police-community relations
• A discussion of racially biased policing, which goes beyond racial profiling
• A discussion of the riots in Seattle in 1999 and in Cincinnati in 2001 and their implications for police-community relations
• An updated discussion of the many external communities of the police
• A discussion of police attempts to deal with ethnic diversity
• New examples of police community programs throughout the United States

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div; 4 Sub edition (August 25, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130977918
• ISBN-13: 978-0130977915
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,273,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars This book is a joke, October 4, 2011

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This review is from: Police Community Relations and The Administration of Justice (8th Edition) (Hardcover)

I don't believe my college actually uses this as a text. Considering all my other criminal justice/administration of justice classes hasn't really used a text I was hesitant to buy this. My professor assured us that we'd need this book so I bought it and expedited the shipping. I opened up the book and within the first paragraph it cites Wikipedia. Honestly, the author, Ronald Hunter is a joke. I can't even believe an editor approved it. Right after that I stopped reading it. I wish I read it because my first test was all about the book and I'm pretty sure I bombed it. My professor doesn't even really teach, he showed us an episode of Andy Griffith as a lesson. I guess I'll be reading this useless book for the rest of the semester, at least it's almost midterms.

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1.0 out of 5 stars slow delivery, April 20, 2010

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This review is from: Police Community Relations and the Administration of Justice (7th Edition) (Hardcover)

I ordered this book and the english book at the same time. I received the english book on Saturday of the same week, but it took two additional weeks for me receive this book. Since I had homework to do for the class, I ordered and from someone else. The book has been sent back. I am now waiting on a refund.