In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices / Jonathon A. Cooper.
Material type: TextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publisher: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781593327552Subject(s): Police | Police misconduct | Police discretion | Organizational behaviorGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices.DDC classification: 363.2 LOC classification: HV7921 | .C6486 2014Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Organizational legitimacy and the policing mandate -- Using isomorphism to explain aggregate police behavior -- Measuring policing isomorphism : challenges and solutions -- Crime and policing in DC -- Examining territoriality and isomorphism -- Examining social ecology and sovereigns -- Towards a theoretical model of territorial isomorphism and policing -- Future directions in policing practice and research -- Appendix a: additional tables -- Appendix b: additional figures -- References -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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