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Law Reference

Police

Current Issues in Canadian Law Enforcement

edited by Dennis P. Forcese

Publisher
Golden Dog Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2000
Category
Reference, General, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919614918
    Publish Date
    Nov 2000
    List Price
    $24.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459726208
    Publish Date
    Nov 2000
    List Price
    $8.99

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Description

Not a day goes by in which the police do not figure prominently in the news. Whether it be as investigators of a rural homicide, or as the subjects of a debate on police chases, the police are ever-present. They are news.
The public’s fear of crime and the "law and order" agenda prominently advanced by many politicians make Police a particularly topical collection of original essays that examine developments and issues of public concern relating to Canada’s municipal police.
These essays address such issues of public debate as police regionalization, the role and militancy of police unions, the proliferating use of police tactical units, facts and fictions of community policing, stress symptoms such as divorce among serving police officers, and the role and career prospects of women in policing.

About the author

Dennis P. Forcese is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, Ottawa. He has researched numerous aspects of Canadian policing, including Police unions, community policing, and public attitudes to police. He is the author of The Canadian Class Structure (1997) and Policing Canadian Society (1999).

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