In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices /

Main Author: Cooper, Jonathon A., 1982-
Format: Book
Language:English
Series:Criminal justice: recent scholarship
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10835450
Table of Contents:
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Organizational legitimacy and the policing mandate
  • Using isomorphism to explain aggregate police behavior
  • Measuring policing isomorphism : challenges and solutions
  • Crime and policing in DC
  • Examining territoriality and isomorphism
  • Examining social ecology and sovereigns
  • Towards a theoretical model of territorial isomorphism and policing
  • Future directions in policing practice and research
  • Appendix a: additional tables
  • Appendix b: additional figures
  • References
  • Index.