《POLICE LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY》

PART 1: THE CHIEF AS A MAJOR MUNICIPAL POLICYMAKER1

Introduction3

1. Structuring the Political Independence of the Police Chief5

2. The Police and the Polis: A Mayor’s Perspective20

3. The Prospective Chief’s Negotiation of Authority with the Mayor30

4. Politics and Police Leadership: The View from City Hall41

5. Chief-Mayor Relations: The View from the Chief’s Chair48

PART 2: THE CHIEF AND THE COMMUNITY57

Introduction59

6. Shaping and Serving the Community: The Role of the Police Chief Executive61

7. Police-Community Power Sharing70

8. Organizing the Community for Improved Policing84

PART 3: THE CHIEF AND THE MEDIA97

Introduction99

9. Police Accountability and the Media102

10. Media Accountability and the Police: A Response to Jerome Skolnick and Candace McCoy136

11. Media Coverage of Police Departments: A Response to the Skolnick-McCoy Critique139

12. Rejoinder to Carl Stern’s and Jack Fuller’s Criticisms of “Police Accountability and the Media”143

PART 4: WHO DISCIPLINES THE POLICE?145

Introduction147

13. Who Disciplines the Police? Who Should?149

14. The Sources of Police Legitimacy and a Model for Police Misconduct Review: A Response to Wayne Kerstetter183

15. Reaching Systemic Police Abuses – The Need for Civilian Investigation of Misconduct: A Response to Wayne Kerstetter187

16. Who Disciplines the Police? I Do! A Response to Wayne Kerstetter193

17. Controlling the Police – The Art of the Possible: A Rejoinder to Napper, Pomeroy, and Schwartz196

PART 5: THE CHIEF, THE LAW, AND LAWYERS199

Introduction201

18. Prosecutors, Courts, and Police: Some Constraints on the Police Chief Executive203

19. Blighted Trees in a Benighted Forest: The Police Officer’s Cases, the Prosecutor’s Screening and Bargaining Practices, and the Social Scientist’s Numbers216

20. Overkilling the Police: A Response to McDonald on Police and the Legal Profession222

21. Of Overkill and Blighted Trees: A Rejoinder to McNamara and Alschuler225

22. Section 1983 and the Changing Face of Police Management226

PART 6: THE CHIEF AND THE UNION237

Introduction239

23. Police Unions: Paper Tigers or Roaring Lions?241

24. The Chief and the Union: May the Force Be with You281

25. Police Unions: How They Look from the Academic Side286

PART 7: SUPPOSE WE WERE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT USING THE POLICE FOR CRIME CONTROL?291

Introduction293

26. Order Maintenance, the Quality of Urban Life, and Police: A Line of Argument296

27. Order Maintenance, the Quality of Urban Life, and Police: A Different Line of Argument309

28. The Oasis Technique: A Method of Controlling Crime and Improving the Quality of Life322

29. Making Better Use of Victims and Witnesses332

30. Retrenchment, the Constitution, and Policing340

PART 8: WHITHER PROFESSIONALISM?349

Introduction351

31. Setting the Standards: The Efforts and Impact of Blue-Ribbon Commissions on the Police354

32. Research and the Police Administrator: Working Smarter, Not Harder371

33. Police Research and Police Policy: Some Propositions about the Production and Use of Knowledge383

34. Leading Blindly: An Assessment of Chiefs’ Information about Police Operations397

35. The Ethics of Experimentation in Law Enforcement418

36. Justifying the Moral Propriety of Experimentation: A Case Study430

37. Rights and Risks: The Ethics of Experimentation in Law Enforcement436

38. The Quest for Certainty: Ethical Concerns in Police Experiments440

39. Police Experimentation with Civilian Subjects: Formalizing the Informal444

40. Private Enterprise and the Public Police: The Professionalizing Effects of a New Partnership449

41. The Police Executive as Statesman459

References467

Name Index491

Subject Index495

About the Editor and the Contributors513