Cop Watch

• Utgivningsdatum: 2012-02-15
• Mått: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
• Vikt: 431 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Psychology, Crime, and Justice Series
• Antal sidor: 188
• Förlag: American Psychological Association
• ISBN: 9781433811197

• Arbetspsykologi
• Socialt arbete och välfärd

Hans Toch, PhD, is distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Albany at the State University of New York, where he is affiliated with the School of Criminal Justice. He obtained his PhD in social psychology at Princeton University, has taught at Michigan State University and at Harvard University, and, in 99 , served as the Walker-Ames Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is a fellow of both APA and the American Society of Criminology. In 99 , he acted as president of the American Association of Correctional Psychology. He is a recipient of the Hadley Cantril Memorial Award (for Men in Crisis: Human Breakdowns in Prison), the August Vollmer Award of the American Society of Criminology for outstanding contributions to applied criminology, the Prix deGreff from the International Society of Criminology for Distinction in Clinical Criminology, and the Research Award of the International Corrections and Prison Association. His research interests range from mental health problems and the psychology of violence to issues of organizational reform and planned change. His books include Violent Men: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Violence ( 992), Living in Prison: The Ecology of Survival ( 992), Mosaic of Despair: Human Breakdowns in Prison ( 992), The Disturbed Violent Offender (with Kenneth Adams, 994), Police Violence: Understanding and Controlling Police Abuse of Force (with William Geller, 99 ), Corrections: A Humanistic Approach ( 997), Crime and Punishment: Inside Views (with Robert Johnson, 2 ), Acting Out: Maladaptive Behavior in Confinement (with Kenneth Adams, 2 2), Stress in Policing (2 2) and Police as Problem Solvers: How Frontline Workers Can Promote Organizational and Community Change (2 5).

amp quot This book will work well in any undergraduate or graduate classroom examining policing reform or political reform more generally, police leadership or police work, public administration or law and society amp hellip I highly recommend this book. amp quot - Law and Politics Book Review This book will work well in any undergraduate or graduate classroom examining policing reform or political reform more generally, police leadership or police work, public administration or law and society amp hellip I highly recommend this book.(Law and Politics Book Review)

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