Issues and Controversies in Policing Today

by Johnny Nhan

Overview

In each chapter of Issues and Controversies in Policing Today, author Johnny Nhan explores a provocative issue sure to spark classroom discussion. Grounding each topic in theory, recent published research, and practice, hefocuses on providing students with an understanding of its underlying causes. Moreover, a theoretical arc contextualizes the issues historically, facilitating a clear view of the ever-changing policing landscape. Used as a stand-alone text or as a companion to other material, Issues and Controversies in Policing Today offers all readers valuable insight into policing’s current challenges and their origins.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538117552
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	991,833
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Johnny Nhan, PhD, is an associate professor and criminal justice and Graduate Director for Texas Christian University. He is the author of Policing cyberspace: Structural and Cultural (2010); and he has written several articles on various areas of cybercrime, including policing, piracy, and legal issues for Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, British Journal of Criminology, International Journal of Criminology & Sociological Theory, and many others. He was the lead developer in creating the Leadership, Executive and Administrative Development (LEAD) graduate certificate program at TCU that unites top police supervisors with academia to find solutions to timely issues facing law enforcement today. He is also a member of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and American Society of Criminology.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: A Brief History of American Policing

Chapter 3: The Police Subculture

Chapter 4: Officer Selection and Training

Chapter 5 The Police Officer Experience and Changes to an Individual

Chapter 6 Police and the Media: The Myths and Realities of Police Work

Chapter 7: Police Brutality and Use of Force

Chapter 8: Racial Profiling

Chapter 9: The Politics of Police and Reducing Crime

Chapter 10: Career Stages and the Mental and Physical Toll of Police Work

Chapter 11: Women in Policing

Chapter 12: Racial Minority and LGBTQ Cops

Chapter 13: Community Policing and Contemporary Strategies

Chapter 14: Policing the New Age of Crime: Terrorism, Cyberspace, Whitecollar Crime

Chapter 15: The Police and Social Media

Chapter 16: Risk, Technology, Surveillance, and the Future of Policing

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About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Nhan’s Issues and Controversies in Policing Today addresses many issues, including the politics of policing and LGBTQ police officers, that are not often discussed about the field of law enforcement. It is a welcomed addition to any Foundations of Policing course and could be utilized as the primary text to support any Special Issues in Policing course.

Kimberly A. McCabe

Nhan’s book, Issues and Controversies in Policing Today is a must read for anyone interested in learning more about the ins and outs of being a police officer. Nhan takes the reader on a journey through the origins of police forces, media portrayals of the police, and the often invisible stresses of the job, including working swing shifts. Unexpected insights with every page turned.

Angela J. Hattery

Policing in our times has certainly become controversial and due to the nature of policing in America, it is plagued by many issues, both societal and organizational. Fortunately, for the student of policing, Johnny Nhan has come along with a book that not only catalogues all of these issues and controversies, but presents them in a readable format, providing the multi-faceted perspective of each issue and controversy. Johnny Nhan’s Issues and Controversies in Policing Today is the book that will inform, educate, and start the much needed discussion on American policing today.

Willard M. Oliver

Perhaps, at no point in the history and evolution of modern policing has the profession faced so many challenges in such a short span of time as has been evident in the early part of the twenty-first century. Johnny Nhan’s work in Issues and Controversies in Policing Today is a bold and refreshing approach to the myriad challenges that face the police and society today, and allows the reader to see what works in policing, and more importantly, what does not. The material is presented in a conversational tone that promotes learning over memorization, and is an excellent choice for criminal justice related courses that attract a multidisciplinary audience.

James J. Drylie

Issues and Controversies in Policing Today by Professor Johnny Nhan tells the story of why it is a book that meets the criteria of explaining to the reader what it takes to become a police officer in this 21st Century America. Taking a socio-historical approach, Nhan provides critical information on the origins of policing, the way ethnic minority and gay police officers must navigate both those they serve and protect and fellow officers. He takes us on a discussion of the controversial strategy of "community policing" that is quite illuminating. Issues and Controversies in Policing Today is a must read as it is a well crafted, insightful and easy to read book.

Earl Smith