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Table of content:

PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF POLICING
Chapter 1. POLICING IN AMERICA
Chapter 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLICE IN THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 3. POLICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION: AN OVERVIEW
PART II. POLICE OPERATIONS
Chapter 4. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF POLICE OFFICERS
Chapter 5. POLICE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Chapter 6. POLICE WORK: OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS
Chapter 7. CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIES IN POLICING
PART III. POLICE CONDUCT
Chapter 8. THE POLICE CULTURE AND WORK STRESS
Chapter 9. LAW, COURT DECISIONS, AND THE POLICE
Chapter 10. DISCRETION AND ETHICS IN POLICING
Chapter 11. POLICE MISCONDUCT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
PART IV. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN POLICING
Chapter 12. POLICING IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
Chapter 13. TECHNOLOGY AND THE POLICE
Chapter 14. TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, AND TERRORISM
Chapter 15. PRIVATE POLICE
PART V. LOOKING AHEAD
Chapter 16. THE FUTURE OF POLICING IN AMERICA