Police Operations, Theory and Practice - $143.95

Features:

• This edition includes a new chapter on terrorism and the role of law enforcement in homeland security with detailed information on the USA PATRIOT Act and how it affects law enforcement.
• In Chapter 2, the new edition expands its coverage of Interviewing and interrogation. Included in the discussion is coverage of the 2004 Supreme Court Ruling on Miranda law and its effect on interrogations.
• Increased coverage of HAZMAT is included with examples of the color placards and other symbols used at emergency sites.
• The new edition increases coverage on the history of policing (Chapter 1) so that readers will have a historical account of how policing developed and why it looks the way it does today.
• The new edition increases the coverage of theory in Chapter 1 and throughout the text so students who enter into criminal justice will understand why police do what they do.
• Based on reviewer feedback, the new edition increases information on organizations within the criminal justice system (law enforcement agencies, the court system).
• Three themes are threaded throughout the text: "Use of Discretion," "Partnership of Police with the Community" and "Problem-Solving."
• Chapter 2 includes coverage of technological advances in police communications; expanded discussion of the polygraph, including coverage of admissibility problems; and a box featuring recent Supreme Court cases on the use of the polygraph by law enforcement.
• Chapter 3 includes a discussion of decision-making factors that affects officers, including making a stop, use of force, and decision to arrest; new discussion of the objective standard and the reasonable officer standard in making traffic stops; improved discussion of Terry v. Ohio; and clarification of the terms "precedent" and "landmark."
• Discussion of police discretion in Chapter 7 includes potential abuses of discretion, racial profiling, differential law enforcement based on race, class, sex, or age; more discussion of liability issues with regard to pursuit policies; coverage of "road rage" and programs being developed to deal with this problem.
• To address school violence and workplace violence, Chapter 7 includes an illustration of the new hostage rescue policy, as well as a discussion of bias and hate crime laws.
• Chapter 8 includes information on temporary and permanent restraining orders, as well as a discussion of "must arrest."
• Numerous actual cases and examples, including relevant Supreme Court cases, make the field come alive for students and professors. (For example, recommendations to avoid contaminating an interview are presented in Chapter 2).
• The text uses a three-point approach to learning. "Do You Know" questions at the beginning of each chapter present key concepts and learning objectives; "Highlights" in the chapter present a discussion of the key concepts first raised with "Do You Know"; and chapter summaries repeat and review the same key concepts.
• "Application Exercises" in each chapter ask students to write actual policies and procedures based on what they've learned.
• "Critical Thinking Exercises," written by an expert in the area, ask students to apply their knowledge on the street to actual cases with known outcomes.
• Seven "Discussion Questions" follow the "Applications" and "Critical Thinking Exercises." These challenge the student to further apply the chapter material to real life.