An indispensable resource for students and others, this book provides a comprehensive and evenhanded summary of historical and contemporary perspectives on ideological extremism in law enforcement and its wider impacts on American society.
This volume features a mix of narrative overview, biographies, essay perspectives, and a helpful guide to other resources to assist the reader in understanding the contemporary problem of extremism in American law enforcement. Written by experts in the criminal justice field, the authors draw from various sources to highlight for the reader the extent, motivations, causes, and dangers of ideological extremism in the ranks of the nation’s police, from the smallest towns to the biggest cities. In addition, it discusses reforms that have been proposed—and in some cases implemented—to combat the problem, including measures introduced in other countries.
Providing wide-ranging, evenhanded, and comprehensive coverage, this one-stop resource contains everything students need to know to understand the issue’s many dimensions—as well as the ramifications of extremism in the police ranks of the communities that police officers are sworn to serve and protect.
Features
- Includes a wide range of graphs, charts, and primary documents offering different contextual vantage points for students to gain a fuller understanding of police extremism
- Suggests remedies based on other countries' experience with extremism in policing
- Offers a variety of perspectives on the issue of extremism in police ranks from practitioner and scholar points-of-view
- Solely dedicated to the topic of extremism in policing
Contemporary World Issues
This award-winning series offers comprehensive, one-volume reference handbooks on important topics related to health, education, the environment, and social and ethical issues.
24-hour cable news. Millions of internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources?
A world of questions demands a library of answers.
Contemporary World Issues covers the controversial topics that students, readers, and citizens want to read about, write about, and know more about.
Features
Subject coverage spans six main categories:
- Criminal Justice
- Environment
- Gender and Ethnicity
- Politics, Law, and Government
- Science, Technology, and Medicine
- Society
Each volume offers a rich array of resources:
- A background and history essay that provides essential context and grounding for further study
- A balanced summary of ongoing controversies and proposed solutions that show numerous paths for further research on pressing, contemporary questions
- A forum of authoritative perspective essays by experts, offering a broad spectrum of arguments on the issues
- Carefully selected annotated documents, tables, and graphs that support statistical literacy and investigation of primary sources
- A chronology of events, legislation, and movements that place events in sequence and draw connections between them
- Annotated lists of print, web, and multimedia resources that power the next steps for in-depth research
- Profiles of key players and organizations
- A glossary of key terms
