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Varieties of Police Behavior
The Management of Law and Order in Eight Communities, With a New Preface by the Author
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English
Published/Copyright:
1968
About this book
In his new preface, Wilson reviews changes in police styles during the past decade, and explains the reasons for these changes. Varieties of Police Behavior remains unsurpassed in delineating the role of the patrolman and the problems he faces due to constraints imposed by law, politics, public opinion, and the expectations of superiors.
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[Varieties of Police Behavior] must unquestionably become an indispensable study of politics in the American city. It is based on enormous and detailed research… The material is presented in a controlled and disciplined no-nonsense style.
-- New York Review of Books
-- New York Review of Books
This is surely one of the most informative books about the police ever written… Varieties of Police Behavior is a rich, sophisticated book by an author unusually able to tackle the comprehensiveness and interdependence of the issues which affect police performance, and [James Q. Wilson’s] analysis and conclusions have much to teach.
-- Times Literary Supplement
-- Times Literary Supplement
[This book] is a departure from the traditional treatise…and actually does take a large and long-awaited step toward revitalizing an exciting and important but inexcusably weak area of political science.
-- American Political Science Review
-- American Political Science Review
It is, without doubt, the finest book on the American police ever written, and Professor Wilson is one of our best-known scholars of urban affairs… Rich…full to the brim with increasing details and shrewd insight. Anyone who wants to have an informed opinion about the policeman’s relations to law and order ought to read it.
-- Irving Kristol
-- Irving Kristol
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Contents
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Tables
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One. Introduction
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Two. The Patrolman
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Three. The Police Administrator
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Four. Police Discretion
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Five. The Watchman Style
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Six. The Legalistic Style
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Seven. The Service Style
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Eight. Politics and the Police
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Nine. Conclusions and Policy Implications
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Index
301
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July 1, 2009
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9780674045200
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