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Power and the Police Chief

An Institutional and Organizational Analysis
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This book discusses the role of American police chiefs in contemporary urban settings, using institutional theory as a framework for analysis. From this perspective, the authors review long-term tendencies toward the rationalist modernization of American police agencies. Ongoing `professionalization', unionization and bureaucratization of police work are major themes in the transformations occurring in the modern role of a police chief. The internal and external conflicts and power struggles of police organization are highlighted and the authors argue that the fundamental definition of police work is the root of this conflict. It is necessary for policing paradigms to move away from rule-based, law-enforcement models towards service alternatives that emphasize the situational imperatives and discretionary essence of police work.
PART ONE: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN POLICING Introduction The Institutional Perspective The Meaning of Modernity Modernization of the American Police Politics and the Police Chief The Police Chief as Manager The Institutional Context of Police Organization The Institutional Position of the Police Administrator Chiefs and the Rank and File Shaping Police Roles The American Culture of Policing Content and Conflict Summary and Conclusion PART TWO: INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA: ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Introduction The Nature of Power in Organizations The Political Arena Conflict, Management Styles, and the Dynamics of Power Power and Leadership The Police Chief as Change Agent The Police Chief and the Culture of Policing Changing the Culture of Policing Leadership in the New Paradigm of Problem-Oriented Policing Modern Police Roles
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