Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement

This three-volume Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement provides a comprehensive, critical and descriptive examination of all facets of law enforcement on the state and local, federal and national, and international stages. This work is a unique reference source that provides readers with informed discussions on the practice and theory of policing in an historical and contemporary framework. The volumes treat subjects that are particular to the area of state and local, federal and national, and international policing. Many of the themes and issues of policing cut across disciplinary borders, however, and several entries provide comparative information that places the subject in context.

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Although there is a plethora of studies on crime and punishment, law enforcement is a relatively new field of serious research. When courts, sentencing, prisons, jails, and other areas of the criminal justice system are studied, often the first point of entry into the system is through police and law enforcement agencies. Unfortunately, understanding of the important issues in law enforcement has little general literature to draw on. Currently available reference works on policing are narrowly focused and sorely out-of-date. To this end, a distinguished roster of authors, representing many years of knowledge and practice in the field, draw on the latest research and methods to delineate, describe, and analyze all areas of law enforcement.

This three-volumeEncyclopedia of Law Enforcement provides a comprehensive, critical, and descriptive examination of all facets of law enforcement on the state and local, federal and national, and international stages. This work is a unique reference source that provides readers with informed discussions on the practice and theory of policing in an historical and contemporary framework. The volumes treat subjects that are particular to the area of state and local, federal and national, and international policing. Many of the themes and issues of policing cut across disciplinary borders, however, and several entries provide comparative information that places the subject in context.

Key Features
• Three volumes cover state and local, federal, and international law enforcement
• More than 250 contributors composed over 400 essays on all facets of law enforcement
• An editorial board made up of the leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners in the field of law enforcement
• Descriptions of United States Federal Agency law enforcement components
• Comprehensive and inclusive coverage, exploring concepts and social and legal patterns within the larger topical concern
• Global, multidisciplinary analysis

Key Themes
• Agencies, Associations, and Organizations
• Civilian/Private Involvement
• Communications
• Crime Statistics
• Culture/Media
• Drug Enforcement
• Federal Agencies/Organizations
• International
• Investigation, Techniques
• Types of Investigation
• Investigative Commissions
• Law and Justice
• Legislation/Legal Issues
• Military
• Minority Issues
• Personnel Issues
• Police Conduct
• Police Procedure
• Policing Strategies
• Safety and Security
• Specialized Law Enforcement Agencies
• Tactics
• Terrorism
• Victims/Witnesses

Editors
Marie Simonetti Rosen
Dorothy Moses Schulz
M. R. Haberfeld
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Editorial Board
Geoffrey AlpertUniversity of South Carolina
Thomas FeltesUniversity of Applied Police Sciences, Spaichingen, Germany
Lorie A. FridellPolice Executive Research Forum, Washington, DC
James J. FyfeJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice
David T. JohnsonUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
Peter K. ManningNortheastern University
Stephen D. MastrofskiGeorge Mason University
Rob MawbyUniversity of Plymouth, U.K.
Mark MooreHarvard University
Maurice PunchLondon School of Economics, U.K.
Wesley G. SkoganNorthwestern University