Police in America
- Steven G. Brandl - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Grounded in evidence-based research, Police in America provides a comprehensive and realistic introduction to modern-day policing in the United States. This reader-friendly text helps students understand best practices in everyday policing and think critically about the many misconceptions of police work. Author Steven G. Brandl draws from his experience with law enforcement to emphasize the positive aspects of policing without ignoring its controversies. Brandl tackles important topics that center on one question: “What is good policing?” Included are discussions of discretion, police use of force, and tough ethical and moral dilemmas—giving students a deeper look into the complex issues of policing to help them think more broadly about its impact on society.
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"Police in America is the textbook on policing. Very comprehensive and accessible. This is the best resource that I have found for teaching current trends and best practices toward evidence-based policing."
"A well-written, comprehensive textbook that works at both sophomore and junior level classes. It covers topics often ignored in other textbooks, and is engaging for students."
"Police in America is an introductory text which discusses current and relevant policing issues within the context of police history. The central theme of ‘what is good policing’ ties together the concepts and information presented to students."
"Thorough, concise, user-friendly, accurate, and up to date."
Chapter 1
· New information on police-citizen contacts
· New information on body-worn cameras (BWCs)
· New information on police-citizen cooperation (and lack thereof) as a challenge of policing
· New “A Research Question” (media and citizens’ attitudes toward the police)
Chapter 2
· New information on women and people of color police officers
· New “Good Policing” (good policing changes over time)
· New/revised “A Research Question” (current state of police research)
· New information about changes in policing during the community problem-solving era
Chapter 3
· New “Police Spotlight” (police officer salaries and consequences)
· New “Good Policing” (police as warriors vs. guardians)
Chapter 4
· New “Police Spotlight” (“Scoop and Run” in the Philadelphia PD, nontraditional police task)
· New “Good Policing” (the need for new measures of police effectiveness)
· New section on police responding to people in need, people with mental illness, crisis intervention teams)
· New section on police use of Narcan
Chapter 5
· New “Police Spotlight” (San Diego PD recruitment efforts)
· New information on police salaries
· New “Research Question” (how male and female college students perceive a police career)
· New information about diversity of police officers
· New “Good Policing” (Tulsa PD recruit training)
Chapter 6
· New information on foot patrol
· New “A Research Question” (CCTV and directed patrol)
· New information on traffic stops
· New information on stop, question, and frisk
Chapter 7
· New “Police Spotlight” (ancestry DNA and the Golden State Killer)
· Moved material on “proof” to Chapter 9
· New “A Research Question” (secondary transfer of DNA)
· New information on DNA and DNA analysis
· New information as video as evidence
Chapter 8
· New information on BWCs
· New information/section on race and implicit bias
· New information on de-policing and Ferguson Effect
· New “A Research Question” (BWCs)
· New “Good Policing” (BWCs)
Chapter 9
· New discussion of proof and probable cause
· Many revised discussions to shorten the chapter
· New section on juveniles and the Miranda requirement
Chapter 10
· New “Police Spotlight” (dealing with event trauma)
· New “A Research Question” (shiftwork, fatigue, and gender)
· New information on body armor
Chapter 11
· New “Police Spotlight” (de-escalation)
· New “Good Policing” (transparency in police use of force)
· New information on police use of force
· New “A Research Question” (but still suicide by cop)
· New information on police use of robots and drones
· New reorganized section on the control of police use of force
· New information/sections on de-escalation, early intervention systems, BWCs
Chapter 12
· New “Police Spotlight” (still Denver PD police complaint mediation program
· New information on numerous chapter topics
· New information on perceptions of police honesty and ethics
Chapter 13
· Added many examples of community policing in various PDs
· New information on law enforcement use of social media
· New information on community policing vs. problem-oriented policing
· New “A Research Question” (procedural justice)
· Added many examples of problem-oriented policing (with a new diagram)
Chapter 14
· New “Police Spotlight” (smart policing in Chicago)
· New information on smart policing (its meaning changed since the 1e)
· New information to clarify various strategies discussed in the chapter, including how these strategies may be controversial
· New “Good Policing” (a problem-oriented approach to CompStat)
· New “A Research Question” (crime analysis)
Chapter 15
· Condensed discussion of terrorism
· New “Research Spotlight” (far-right extremism)
· New information about future of policing including militarization of the police
· New “Good Policing” (BWCs and accountability)
· New information on the future technologies of policing
