Police Systems and Practices: An Introduction

by Thomas D. Barker and Jeff Rush

For courses in Introduction to Law Enforcement. This book provides an historical look at policing followed by an overview of the law enforcement occupation. It is focused on answering: Who are the Police? What do they do? How do they organize themselves to perform their functions? The book closes with a discussion of contemporary issues and the future of policing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0136828655
• ISBN13: 9780136828655
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.