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This national best-selling text examines police administration from multiple perspectives: a systems perspective (emphasizing the interrelatedness among units and organizations); a traditional, structural perspective (administrative principles, management functions, and the importance of written guidelines); a human behavioral perspective (the human element in organizations); and a strategic management perspective (communications and information systems, performance evaluation, strategies and tactics, and prevailing and promising approaches to increasing effectiveness of police agencies).
Coverage of management functions and organizational principles is streamlined while providing a stronger emphasis on diversity principles and on developing police agencies as learning organizations. A concluding chapter covers contemporary issues, including community engagement, collaboration, privatization, globalization, police legitimacy, police diversity, predictive policing, police technology, evidence-based policing, learning organizations, emotional intelligence (EQ), and servant leadership. Case studies based on real-life events invite students to practice managing the conflicting circumstances, and Modern Policing blog posts offer news and developments in the policing world.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
...[S]ets the standard for excellence in police administration texts. Dr. Cordner has managed to present a comprehensive work but communicates its contents with absolute clarity. His pairing of each chapter with relevant discussion questions and case studies are also critical toward enhancing the student learning environment.
-Rick Dierenfeldt, Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The textbook identifies for students the major issues associated with police management and lays out various policy options for each issue.
-Michael Scott, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University