Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and Behavior

by Charles R. Swanson, Leonard J. Territo, Robert E. Taylor

This best-selling text presents a vivid introduction to police organizations that focuses on the procedures, politics and human relations issues police supervisors and administrators must understand in order to succeed. Building on the authors’ decades of collective experience in law enforcement, training, and teaching, Police Administration 8e is recognized by both the academic and law enforcement communities as the authoritative treatment of this topic. Fully updated in this edition, it includes the latest on the evolution of American policing, the organization and the leader, the management of police organizations, and modern organizational issues.

720 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Jd Powell]

Good book if you want to become a police officer!!

[John McLaughlin]

Mandatory for promotional exam.