Power and the Police Chief: An Institutional and Organizational Analysis

by Raymond G. Hunt

This book discusses the role of American police chiefs in contemporary urban settings, using institutional theory as a framework for analysis. From this perspective, the authors review long-term tendencies toward the rationalist modernization of American police agencies. Ongoing 'professionalization, unionization and bureaucratization of police work are major themes in the transformations occurring in the modern role of a police chief. The internal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803946546
• ISBN13: 9780803946545
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 8.0"