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Book Description
The authors suggest that the first essential step to improving Los Angeles Police Department training is to establish and communicate a common foundation for police performance--a redefined professionalism that includes the tenets of corporateness, responsibility, and expertise as the mechanism for guiding the development and execution of its training.
About the Author
Russell Glenn (Ph.D., American History, University of Kansas) is a senior analyst at RAND. Expertise includes urban warfare, public safety, policing and law enforcement. Current research includes work on current and future military urban operations, non-lethal capabilities, U.S. Army force structure, and anti-terrorism.
Matthew W. Lewis (Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University) is an associate computer scientist at RAND. Dr. Lewis is a cognitive scientist specializing in the design of information systems that support human problem solving and acquisition.
Scott Andrew Gerwehr (Ph.D., International Relations, University of California Los Angeles; Ph.D. Program RAND Graduate School of Policy Analysis) is a political scientist at RAND. Research interests include deception/counterdeception in the areas of social & cognitive psychology, biology and animal behavior, organized crime, confidence artists, politics and international relations, military history, terrorism, insurgency, and guerrilla warfare.
Training the 21st Century Police Officer : Redefining Police Professionalism for the Los Angeles Police Department,Russell W. Glenn,RAND Corporation,0833034685,California,Cultural awareness,General,Los Angeles,Police professionalization,Police training,Social Science,Sociology,Sociology - General,Non-Classifiable,Personnel & human resources management,Police & security services,USA
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