Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing

Jonathon A. Cooper is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he currently serves as the Dean’s Associate for Academic Affairs in the College of Health and Human Services.

Anyone interested in understanding American policing in 2021 should read Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing. Professor Cooper explains the current state-of-affairs in policing through a historical lens that both links past to present and charts a course forward. This important book is as much about the present and future of policing as it is about the past.

• Foreword by John L. WorrallChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: A Primer on the History of American PolicingChapter 3: The Due Process Revolution and the Warren CourtChapter 4: Civil Rights and the PoliceChapter 5: A Due Process Approach in the Face of Police ConservatismChapter 6: The Systems Approach to Criminal JusticeChapter 7: Social Science ResearchChapter 8: A Rising Crime Rate and Police CorruptionChapter 9: What Professional Policing Then Means for 21st Century Policing NowChapter 10: Police and Society RevisitedChapter 11: A Fourth Way: The Social Contract and Expectations