The police and the community
This landmark text has been substantially revised and thoroughly updated by David Carter to reflect current issues in the field. Some of the features of this new edition include broader discussion of community-oriented/problem-oriented policing; current issues in excessive force, corruption, and other forms of police deviance; up-to-date coverage of minority issues, violence in the community, accreditation, labor relations, and drug use by officers; a new chapter, "Community Alliance," creates a bridge between traditional police-community relations and community policing; part introductions with perspectives on major issues by professionals in the field; the revised Code of Ethics for the International Association of Chiefs of Police; a complete chapter on future issues in policing; and two appendices containing a summary of the "Christopher Commission" report of the Los Angeles Police Department and the London Metropolitan Police Statement of Common Purpose and Values.
Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Mental Health. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.
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What the reading experience may hold
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Mental Health
Use these as starting points rather than limits; the most memorable books often stretch beyond their catalog labels.
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Balanced tone · Steady pace
Best when you want to settle into a longer reading experience.
A good fit if…
Readers looking for a substantial, immersive commitment with room for a world or argument to unfold.
This book's DNA
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A quick reading snapshot
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- ISBN-13
- 978-0-0247-7510-8
- Language
- English
- Edition record
- OL4876835M
A more thoughtful way into this book
This guide uses the edition details and category signals above to help you choose deliberately. It does not replace the author's work or a full review.
Best when you want to settle into a longer reading experience.
Begin with its place in Mental Health, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
Three questions to carry with you
- Which ideas feel usable in your actual circumstances—not only persuasive on the page?
- Where does the author distinguish evidence, experience, and opinion?
- What would a small, humane experiment with one idea look like?
Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.
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