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The Idea of Police

The Idea of Police

Klockars, Carl B.

Paperback

Series: Law and Criminal Justice System, Book 3

CriminologyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0803921799
ISBN13: 9780803921795
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: Jan 1 1985
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.56
Language: English
What is the best way to define the police? Why do we have police at all? In modern democracies like the United States and Great Britain, why is most policing done by employees of the state? What is the relationship between police and the law? What makes a good police officer? In addressing these questions, Klockars makes the reader look at the idea of police from a new perspective. First he explains how any definition of police must include the reality of coercive force--the fact that police officers everywhere have the right to forcibly compel other people to do something. Next he describes the evolution of the police in the United States vis-a-vis the police in Great Britain. After exploring the role of the detective, he highlights the moral conflicts and issues of discretion that police officers face daily. Finally, Klockars examines what makes a good police officer. An informative introductory resource. . . may prove valuable even to graduate students. --The Social Science Journal

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