Concept information
Preferred term
police
Definition
- Policing methods and practices have evolved along with the development of modern civilization, although the fundamental precepts—maintenance of order, protection of property, keeping the peace, enforcement of statutes, and investigation of crimes—have remained essentially the same. This entry reviews the major historical developments of police departments, their executives, and their rank and file, with both an individual and citywide perspective. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Police (Overview)]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Boston Gun Project
- citizens' preferences for police action
- COINTELPRO and covert operations
- disproportionate arrests
- DNA profiling
- historical and contemporary perspectives on racial profiling
- mass murderer profiling
- police accountability
- police casualties
- police corruption
- police use of force
- rampart investigation
- serial killer profiling
- slave patrols
- tasers
- tribal police
- use of ethnic profiling by police and Homeland Security
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/police
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