Police Administration: Organization and Performance

Bouza, Anthony V.

Pergamon Press

The author discusses "police culture, agencies, and organization; the nature of criminals and how to control them; and the future of criminal justice. While he feels a well-functioning police system is necessary to combat crime, Bouza also sees the solution to the crime problem as closely linked to theimprovement of the life of the underclass." (Library Journal)

The Police Mystique: An Insider’s Look at Cops, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Plenum Press

Format Hardcover Subject Administration of Criminal Justice Crime Prevention Publisher Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers

How to Stop Crime

Springer

No segment of American society is spared from Bouza's critical gaze in exposing the systemic excesses that are poisoning the heart of our nation. He spotlights the white-collar criminals, who quietly take pennies from each of us to create their own pots of gold. He unmasks the politicians, on both ends of the political spectrum, whose arrogance and hypocrisy speak volumes. He demonstrates how organized crime, while catering to our sinful, illicit cravings, affects our daily lives from buying a fresh dinner to building a house. He uncloaks the televalgelists and other fraudulent religious leaders who have transformed the ministry from a shepherd's leading the flock into a huckster's fleecing the gullible. Moreover, he reveals the abuses that have permeated the medical and other ”helping” professions.

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Corruption, Decadence, and the American Dream

Anthropology

Police Intelligence: The Operations of an Investigative Unit

Criminal Law

Ams Pr Inc

The author discusses "police culture, agencies, and organization; the nature of criminals and how to control them; and the future of criminal justice. While he feels a well-functioning police system is necessary to combat crime, Bouza also sees the solution to the crime problem as closely linked to theimprovement of the life of the underclass." (Library Journal)

The Police Mystique: An Insider's Look at Cops, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

Bouza, Chief Anthony V.

Da Capo Press

A Carpet of Blue: An Ex-Cop Takes a Tough Look at America's Drug Problem

Argues that the failure of the war on drugs is due to neglect of the social problems, such as poverty, discrimination, and family breakdown, that are the root causes of drug abuse

Politics & Government

Fairview Pr

Argues that the failure of the war on drugs is due to neglect of the social problems, such as poverty, discrimination, and family breakdown, that are the root causes of drug abuse

Bronx, Beat: Reflections of a Police Commander

Office of Intl Criminal Justice

Former chief of police in Minneapolis and commander of the Bronx police force Tony Bouza pulls no punches in this blunt, candid assessment of police culture. Emphasizing the gap between the average citizen's perception of police work and the day-to-day reality of life as a cop, Bouza reveals the inner dynamics of a secretive, fraternal society that will do almost anything to protect itself. The strong bonds of loyalty among police both inspire individual acts of heroism in the face of danger but also repress full disclosure of the truth when corruption or abuse of power are suspected, says Bouza. Young rookies are quickly molded by the unspoken rules and the code of silence that govern a cop's professional life, and they soon learn that physical but not moral courage is expected. Bouza evaluates sweeps, roundups, sting operations, the controversial practice of racial profiling, and the politics of law enforcement. He critically examines the excesses, abuses, and corruption of the New York, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis police forces, among others, offering insights into what went wrong in the infamous Louima and Diallo cases. But his most telling criticism is not directed against the police per se but against our society's ruling elites and the middle class, who give police the unmistakable message that the underclass must be kept down and property owners protected at all costs. He charges that the heart of the problem of both crime and police abuse in America is our tacitly accepted class structure separating the privileged from the poor, and along with it the systemic racism that society as a whole is not yet willing to face. Bouza concludes his critique on a positive note with straightforward proposals on how to make the police more ethical and effective. This controversial, eye-opening book by a veteran insider exposes a reality that TV cop shows never portray and raises serious moral questions about class and race.

Police Unbound: Corruption, Abuse, and Heroism by the Boys in Blue

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Police Administration: Organization and Performance

The Police Mystique: An Insider’s Look at Cops, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

How to Stop Crime

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Corruption, Decadence, and the American Dream

Police Intelligence: The Operations of an Investigative Unit

The Police Mystique: An Insider's Look at Cops, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

A Carpet of Blue: An Ex-Cop Takes a Tough Look at America's Drug Problem

A Carpet of Blue: An Ex-Cop Takes a Tough Look at America's Drug Problem

Bronx, Beat: Reflections of a Police Commander

Police Unbound: Corruption, Abuse, and Heroism by the Boys in Blue