Policing's Problems in the Twenty-First Century: Misconduct, Malfeasance, and Murder - Paperback
by Tom Barker (Author)
Based on personal experience and academic research, Tom Barker shines a light on the dark side of American policing by examining misconduct and corruption as occupational and workplace forms of deviance. Barker outlines patterns of rule breaking and criminal behavior while providing strategies for management and control. This textbook is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice, criminology, justice studies, sociology, and public administration.
Dr. Tom Barker is a former police officer, police academy instructor, college/university instructor and college dean. He is a past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Studies (ACJS). He has authored or co-authored seventeen books, including 6 that have gone into multiple editions--one nine editions. Dr. Barker is considered a national and international expert in several areas: law enforcement practices, including reform, and adult criminal gangs--street, prison and outlaw motorcycle gangs. Since his retirement from college teaching in 2000, he has devoted his time to full-time writing and research.
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