Police administration : structures, processes, and behavior / Charles R. Swanson, Leonard Territo, Robert W. Taylor.

Contents;

1. Police administration and society
Politics and administration
Police professionalization
Technology
Scrutiny of the people
etc.

2. Politics and police administration: External influences and controls
Police accountability
Federal influence in law enforcement
History of federal legislation
The roles of State and local government in law enforcement
etc.

3. Organizational theory
Traditional organizational theory
Open systems theory
Bridging theories
Synthesis and prognosis
etc.

4. Concepts of police organizational design
Organizing: An overview
Organizational structure and design
Types of organizational design
Organizational structure and team policing
etc.

5. Leadership
Leadership and performance
The nature of leadership, authority, and power
The power motivation of police managers
The leadership skill mix
etc.

6. Interpersonal and organizational communication
The communication process
Communication barriers
Information flow and directionality
Interpersonal styles of communication: The Johari window
etc.

7. Human resource management
Functions of the police personnel unit
Police personnel selection
Physical agility testing
Psychological screening of police applicants
etc.

8. Stress and police personnel
What is stress?
Stress in law enforcement
Job stress in police officers
Stress indicators
etc.

9. Labor relations
The impact of unions
The basis for collective bargaining
Employee organization
Establishing the bargaining relationship
etc.

10. Legal aspects of police administration
Liability for police conduct
Basic types of police tort actions
Who can be sued
Scope of liability
etc.

11. Information systems and applications
Planning for computerization
Operations
Management and administration
Communications and manpower allocation design
etc.

12. Decision making
Planning
Planning approaches
Synoptic planning
Incremental planning
etc.

13. Financial management
Politics and financial management
State and local financial management
Definitions of a budget
The budget cycle and roles
etc.

14. Productivity and evaluation of police services
Productivity
Program evaluation

14. Organizational change
Why change occurs
The change agent
Basic qualification of change agents
Change agent errors
etc.

Includes bibliographies and index.