Police and Policing

DENNIS JAY KENNEY is Associate Director and Director of Research for the Police Executive Research Forum. He has over 27 years of experience in varied aspects of criminal justice and has provided consulting services to police agencies around the country. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Crime, Fear, and the New York City Subways (Praeger, 1987), Organized Crime in America (1995), and Crime in the Schools (1998).ROBERT P. MCNAMARA is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University. He has been a consultant for state, federal, and private agencies on topics such as AIDS, drug abuse, race and healthcare, urban redevelopment, homelessness, policing, and gangs. He is the author of several books, including The Times Square Hustler (Praeger, 1994), Sex, Scams, and Street Life (Praeger, 1995), and Social Gerontology (Auburn House, 1998).

• Introduction: Twenty Years of Change in Policing by Robert P. McNamara The Socialization of the Police by Robert P. McNamara Managing Police Personnel Intelligence and the Selection of Police Recruits by Dennis Jay Kenney and T. Steuart Watson Supervising the Police by Kenneth J. Peak, Ronald W. Glensor, and Larry K. Gaines Personnel Performance Evaluations in the Community Policing Context by Timothy N. Oettmeier and Mary Ann Wycoff Tired Cops: Probable Connections Between Fatigue and the Performance, Health, and Safety of Patrol Officers by Bryan Vila Police Suicide: An Analysis by Steven Stack and Thomas Kelley Can I Get a Witness: The Role of Religion in Policing by Robert P. McNamara and Maria Tempenis Managing Police Organizations Tactical Patrol Evaluation by Gary W. Cordner and Dennis Jay Kenney A National Survey of Pursuits and the Use of Police Force: Data from Law Enforcement Agencies by Dennis Jay Kenney and Geoffrey P. Alpert Rethinking Detective Management or, Why Investigative Reforms are Seldom Permanent or Effective by John E. Eck Affirmative Action, Diversity, and the Police by Tara O'Connor Shelley and Samuel Walker Citizen Complaints and the Community by Samuel Walker Reflections on Institutional Corruption by Robert Leuci The Impacts of Policing Accomplishing Problem-Solving in the Community: Reconciling the Concepts by Dennis Jay Kenney and T. Steuart Watson The Problems of Problem-Solving: Resistance, Interdependencies, and Conflicting Interests by Michael E. Buerger Innovation in Policing Organizations: A National Study by Jihong Zhao, Quint Thurman, and Christopher Simon Crime Specific Policing by Larry T. Hoover Index