Police Work: The Social Organization of Policing

ISBN: 0881339539

Author: Manning, Peter K.

Condition: Used

This revised edition of Peter Manning's highly regarded work expands on the conceptual framework and arguments presented in the First Edition. Manning's sociological approach is based on his fieldwork observing, interviewing, and sharing the day-to-day experiences of police in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The author has substantively rewritten and updated the volume. Coverage of technological advancements, current research statistics, citations to important and recent literature, revised tables, and contemporary examples all fuse with Manning's original and still relevant core concepts. Today's well-educated readers interested in understanding the occupation of policing and the role of police in society will find this informative book to be essential to their studies. Substantive changes enrich Manning's original concepts: includes a detailed outline of current technological capabilities for gathering, screening, managing and dispatching information; presents perspectives and findings based on recent studies and research; analyzes the effectiveness of community policing; examines the effects of social, political and economic trends on policing in the U.K. and the U.S.; incorporates examples of change in police policy, namely issues of deadly force and police pursuit; and discusses mass media's effects on policing.