Community Policing Today: Issues, Controversies, and Innovations - Softcover

Parsons, Deborah A.; Kremling, Janine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1544336721 ISBN 13: 9781544336725

Publisher: Sage Pubns, 2020

Synopsis

Written by an author team with experience in law enforcement and in the classroom, Community Policing Today explores the strategies police and communities can use to find long-term solutions to the public safety issues facing today’s communities, including gangs, high crime, and disproportionate minority contact. Framing community policing not as a program, but as a transformation from traditional policing that involves sweeping changes in the way police view their role and relationships with the community, the authors demonstrate how law enforcement officers can partner with the community to help facilitate problem-solving of public safety issues. With an emphasis on cutting-edge trends and impacts on community policing, this book offers readers a better understanding of the complexity and promise of community policing today.

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About the Authors

Deborah A. Parsons, Ph.D., has been a professor at California State University, San Bernardino, since 1996 and is currently an assistant dean for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Parsons retired from law enforcement after serving 26 years as a police officer. She earned her Ph.D. in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Parsons teaches courses in policing, women and crime, and justice and the media. Her area of expertise is in law enforcement and multicultural issues in the criminal justice system, with a specific focus on women in policing.

Janine Kremling, Ph.D., has been a professor at California State University, San Bernardino, since 2008. She received Ph.D. in criminology from the University of South Florida. Dr. Kremling teaches a wide variety of classes. She has also published five books, including Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, and Cybercrime; Homeland Security; Drugs, Crime, and Justice; and Estimating Drug Use. Dr. Kremling has been studying issues pertaining to policing, especially criminal procedure and how it impacts policing. In addition, she has also extensively studied drug use and abuse and police responses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Pubns
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1544336721
• ISBN 13: 9781544336725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354