This newly revised edition includes two new chapters exploring events in policing since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO in 2014. More than summarizing historical events, Cooper contextualizes the subsequent riots in light of classic sociological theory and political philosophy, and offers a potential and compelling new direction for improving both police use of force and the relationship between police and communities.
This newly revised edition includes two new chapters exploring events in policing since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO in 2014. More than summarizing historical events, Cooper contextualizes the subsequent riots in light of classic sociological theory and political philosophy, and offers a potential and compelling new direction for improving both police use of force and the relationship between police and communities.
Foreword by John L. Worrall
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Primer on the History of American Policing
Chapter 3: The Due Process Revolution and the Warren Court
Chapter 4: Civil Rights and the Police
Chapter 5: A Due Process Approach in the Face of Police Conservatism
Chapter 6: The Systems Approach to Criminal Justice
Chapter 7: Social Science Research
Chapter 8: A Rising Crime Rate and Police Corruption
Chapter 9: What Professional Policing Then Means for 21st Century Policing Now
Chapter 10: Police and Society Revisited
Chapter 11: A Fourth Way: The Social Contract and Expectations
Jonathon A. Cooper is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he currently serves as the Dean’s Associate for Academic Affairs in the College of Health and Human Services.
Anyone interested in understanding American policing in 2021 should
read Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing.
Professor Cooper explains the current state-of-affairs in policing
through a historical lens that both links past to present and
charts a course forward. This important book is as much about the
present and future of policing as it is about the past.
*Michael White, Arizona State University School of Criminology and
Criminal Justice*
The revised edition of Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-first
Century Policing is a must-read for students of police history and
how it continues to impact policing today. Cooper uses contemporary
conflicts between the police and minority communities, which have
dominated the media, and contextualizes them within the broader
history of policing and provides potential solutions to these
problems. While readers may disagree with Cooper’s conclusions, he
does the heavy lifting by providing readers with a concise review
of a long body of literature to help readers understand how many of
our nation’s past policing problems continue to plague us today.
Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-first Century Policing will
be of interest to students, academics, and members of the media who
are interested in a contemporary and thoughtful discussion on the
historical relationship between the police and the public, how far
the police have come, and how far they still have to go.
*Charles Katz, Arizona State University*
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