Overview
Police officers are generally called to a dispute when the involved
parties are unable to deal effectively with their problems. Responding
officers must possess the legislative and procedural knowledge to
effectively and safely intervene. Officers are also expected to have
the skills needed to communicate, counsel, mediate, advise, protect,
and console in such situations.
Conflict Management in Law Enforcement, by James Pardy, deals
with the identification of stress responses and effective management
regarding the parties in conflict, the public at large, and the
intervening police officers. This text examines the factors that
precipitate conflict or crisis and the problem-solving and intervention
techniques available to police officers.
The second edition of Conflict Management in Law Enforcement uses scenarios
to introduce students to situations they will encounter in the field. Student involvement through such learning is a safe and
effective method of fostering the development of intervention skills
essential to law enforcement. This text allows students to apply the
knowledge gained throughout their studies to the situation-based
learning style of the text.
- Material on the use of force has been removed
- An expanded section on stress includes more theory and additional material on police-related stress
- A new chapter addresses mental illness and psychological disorders
- Expanded chapters address child, spousal, and elder abuse
- Recent court decisions are cited and explained
- Additional problem-solving models
- More background material regarding suicide
- More scenario-based questions
- Instructor’s Resources
- Includes an Instructor’s Guide with an answer key and PowerPoint presentations
Top ∧ Content Summary
Preface
- Chapter 1: Stress in Conflict and Crisis Situations
- Chapter 2: Problem Solving
- Chapter 3: Child Abuse
- Chapter 4: Spousal Abuse
- Chapter 5: Elder Abuse
- Chapter 6: Mental Illness and Psychological Disorders
- Chapter 7: Suicide
- Chapter 8: Victims of Crime
Glossary
Index
