Jonathon A. Cooper is assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he also directs the Criminology Advising Center.

Cooper argues that certain seminal events in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s had a profound and lasting effect on the organization and behavior of police forces in the US. The Supreme Court’s rulings on due process challenged police procedures; race riots highlighted long-standing and widespread antagonisms between the police and minorities; and rising crime rates, lawsuits, and social science research revealed police inefficacy and corruption. Cooper provides a lucid synthesis of existing scholarship detailing these important developments. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.

• 1. Introduction2. A Primer on the History of American Policing3. The Due Process Revolution and the Warren Court4. Civil Rights and the Police5. A Due Process Approach in the Face of Police Conservatism6. The Systems Approach to Criminal Justice7. Social Science Research8. A Rising Crime Rate and Police Corruption9. What Professional Policing Then Means for 21st Century Policing Now

Jonathon A. Cooper is assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he also directs the Criminology Advising Center.

Cooper argues that certain seminal events in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s had a profound and lasting effect on the organization and behavior of police forces in the US. The Supreme Court’s rulings on due process challenged police procedures; race riots highlighted long-standing and widespread antagonisms between the police and minorities; and rising crime rates, lawsuits, and social science research revealed police inefficacy and corruption. Cooper provides a lucid synthesis of existing scholarship detailing these important developments. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.

• 1. Introduction2. A Primer on the History of American Policing3. The Due Process Revolution and the Warren Court4. Civil Rights and the Police5. A Due Process Approach in the Face of Police Conservatism6. The Systems Approach to Criminal Justice7. Social Science Research8. A Rising Crime Rate and Police Corruption9. What Professional Policing Then Means for 21st Century Policing Now

Jonathon A. Cooper is assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he also directs the Criminology Advising Center.

Cooper argues that certain seminal events in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s had a profound and lasting effect on the organization and behavior of police forces in the US. The Supreme Court’s rulings on due process challenged police procedures; race riots highlighted long-standing and widespread antagonisms between the police and minorities; and rising crime rates, lawsuits, and social science research revealed police inefficacy and corruption. Cooper provides a lucid synthesis of existing scholarship detailing these important developments. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.

• 1. Introduction2. A Primer on the History of American Policing3. The Due Process Revolution and the Warren Court4. Civil Rights and the Police5. A Due Process Approach in the Face of Police Conservatism6. The Systems Approach to Criminal Justice7. Social Science Research8. A Rising Crime Rate and Police Corruption9. What Professional Policing Then Means for 21st Century Policing Now