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GUIDE TO MODERN POLICE THINKING - AN INTRODUCTION TO POLICING. 3D ED.

NCJ Number
13529
Author(s)
R E CLIFT
Date Published
1970
Length
411 pages
Annotation
OVERVIEW OF THE POLICE FUNCTION, INCLUDING HISTORY, ADMINISTRATION, TRAINING, TRAFFIC, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, GENERAL PATROL, SOCIAL WORK, AND RELATED LEGAL CONCEPTS.
Abstract
TOPICS INCLUDE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, INTOXICATION TESTS, CRIME INVESTIGATION, CANINE PATROL, TECHNIQUES OF ARREST, POLICE COMMUNICATIONS, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, CRIMINAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL EVIDENCE, ARREST, AND SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAWS. ALSO INCLUDED IS A CHAPTER TO AID THE POLICEMAN PREPARE FOR COURT.