Community Policing Today: Issues, Controversies, and Innovations

Product Description
Written by an author team with experience in law enforcement and in the classroom,
Community Policing Today explores the strategies police and communities can use to find long-term solutions to the public safety issues facing today’s communities, including gangs, high crime, and disproportionate minority contact. Framing community policing not as a program, but as a transformation from traditional policing that involves sweeping changes in the way police view their role and relationships with the community, the authors demonstrate how law enforcement officers can partner with the community to help facilitate problem-solving of public safety issues. With an emphasis on cutting-edge trends and impacts on community policing, this book offers readers a better understanding of the complexity and promise of community policing today.
About the Author
Deborah A. Parsons, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at California State University San Bernardino since 1996, and currently an Assistant Dean for the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Parsons retired from law enforcement after serving 26 years as a police officer. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Parsons teaches courses in policing, women and crime, and justice and the media. Her area of expertise is in law enforcement, multicultural issues in the criminal justice system, with a specific focus on women in policing. \nJanine Kremling, Ph.D. is a Professor at California State University San Bernardino since 2008. She received my Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of South Florida. Dr. Kremling teaches a wide variety of classes. She also published five books, including Cybercrime and Cybersecurity, Homeland Security and Terrorism, Drug, Crime, and Justice, and Drug Use Estimation. Dr. Kremling has been studying issues pertaining to policing, especially criminal procedure and how it impacts policing. In addition, she has also extensively studies drug use and abuse and police responses.