Varieties of Police Behavior
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Varieties of Police Behavior is a seminal work of criminology and public administration that analyzes how different organizational styles shape the everyday practices and decision-making of American police departments.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Varieties of Police Behavior canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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criminology book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ public administration book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
criminology
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political science ⓘ public administration ⓘ |
| analyzes |
relationship between organizational structure and police behavior
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variation in enforcement practices across jurisdictions ⓘ |
| author | James Q. Wilson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
legalistic style of policing
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service style of policing ⓘ watchman style of policing ⓘ |
| examines |
administrative control of patrol officers
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impact of community expectations on policing style ⓘ police discretion in handling incidents ⓘ |
| field | policing studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
discretion in police decision-making
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organizational styles of police departments ⓘ patrol officers’ everyday practices ⓘ |
| genre |
criminology
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public administration ⓘ sociology of policing ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
public management theory
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theory of street-level bureaucracy ⓘ |
| influenced |
policing policy debates in the United States
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research on police discretion ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
classic in policing studies
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seminal work in criminology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
law enforcement in the United States
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police behavior ⓘ police organizations ⓘ |
| methodology |
comparative case study of police departments
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field observation ⓘ interviews with police personnel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
empirical analysis of police discretion
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typology of police organizational styles ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvard University Press ⓘ |
| setting | American cities ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mid-20th-century American policing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
criminology curricula
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graduate courses in public administration ⓘ university courses on policing ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
James Q. Wilson