Policing: The Essentials

Product Description
An engaging and practical book that you will actually want to read Featuring a diverse range of officers in a variety of situations, sometimes controversial, Policing: The Essentials introduces you to the core concepts of policing by examining the constantly changing role and practices used by police in today’s society. Authors Carol A. Archbold, Carol M. Huynh, and Thomas Mrozla connect key concepts to pressing issues such as defunding the police, the impact of the media on policing in the United States, racial profiling, police-invoked shootings, and police misconduct. With a unique chapter on police effectiveness and community policing, as well as an emphasis on diversity throughout the text, including racially diverse officers, LGBTQ, and female officers, you will develop a practical understanding of modern policing from which you can continue to build from as you pursue a degree. Also available as a digital option (courseware). Learn more about Policing - Vantage Digital Option, First Edition [ISBN: 978-1-0718-2131-2]
Review
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Policing: The Essentials is a peer reviewed examination of current police administrative policy and procedures. The text begins with historical information and ends with the future of policing. I highly recommend the text." -- Kenneth Whitman, Ph.D.,
"I very much appreciate the expansive focus on race/ethnicity and gender and how this impact police-citizen relations… Overall I was very satisfied with this coverage and found that it filled many important gaps from other similar texts."
-- Carl Root
"Solid text with good overviews of topics relating to American Police." -- Jeffrey L Schwartz
"It is a textbook on contemporary policing issues. It is clear and easy to follow for students."
-- Dr. Mercedes Valadez, Division of Criminal Justice
About the Author
Carol A. Archbold is the Walter F. and Verna Gehrts Endowed Professor at North Dakota State University in the Department of Criminal Justice in Fargo, North Dakota. Her research interests include police accountability and liability, police misconduct, women in policing, and race issues in the criminal justice system. She has published articles in such peer-reviewed journals as Police Quarterly, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Journal of Crime and Justice. In 2004, Dr. Archbold published a book based on the first national study of the use of risk management in law enforcement in the United States, Police Accountability, Risk Management and Legal Advising (LFB Scholarly Publishing). She coauthored Women and Policing in America: Classic and Contemporary Readings (Wolters Kluwer/Aspen, 2011) and is the sole author of Policing: A Text/Reader (SAGE, 2013). Dr. Archbold is also coauthor (with Dr. Samuel Walker) of the second (2014) and third (2020) editions of The New World of Police Accountability.
Carol M. Huynh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University. She earned her Ph.D. in criminal justice and her M.S. degree in psychology from North Dakota State University. Her research interests include citizens’ perceptions of the police and police services, police and race, and police accountability. In addition to having peer-reviewed articles published in psychology journals, Dr. Huynh has published articles in peer-reviewed criminal justice journals such as the Social Science Journal, Journal of Crime and Criminal Justice, and Deviant Behavior.
Thomas Mrozla is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. He earned his Ph.D. from North Dakota State University, and his dissertation examined the timeliness of police misconduct investigations. Dr. Mrozla’s research interests include topics in police accountability, perceptions of the police, and fear of crime. He has publish