Handbook of Police Administration

This Handbook of Police Administration, co-edited by Jim Ruiz and Don Hummer, provides a smorgasbord of topics that are at the coalface of policing: the difficulties police encounter dealing with drug problems, traffic issues, race and ethnicity challenges, and street gang problems. Cross-cutting themes such as leadership in policing, use of force, and understanding how the law shapes (or fails to shape) police practice are relevant to students of police studies, practitioners, and scholars alike. There is something in here for everyone, which is a credit to the editors in accessing their network of colleagues in the field of policing and bringing them together in this one volume....