Principles of Leadership and Management in Law Enforcement

Effective police organizations are run with sound leadership and management strategies that take into account the myriad of challenges that confront today?s law enforcement professionals. Principles of Leadership and Management in Law Enforcement is a comprehensive and accessible textbook exploring critical issues of leadership within police agencies. Every chapter includes key concepts, definitions, chapter objectives, and review questions. Organized in logical fashion, each new chapter builds on previous material for quick assimilation.

Topics include:

• The evolution of the modern police department
• Leadership approaches and management theories
• Organizational structure of a police department
• Strategic short- and long-term planning
• Business approaches, including Six Sigma and COMPSTAT
• New technology such as computer-aided dispatch, vehicle monitoring, and crime mapping
• Managing police stress and the work environment
• Recruitment and training
• Legislative issues impacting police, including Title VII
• Policing in an era of advanced homeland security
• Ethical issues

Suitable for a one-semester course, the book?s easy reading style minimizes the need for memorization and reinforces salient points through boxed highlighted areas. Written by three renowned criminal justice experts, this volume encourages readers to think expansively and develop new insights into the future direction of police leadership and management.

Introduction to the Modem Law Enforcement Agency. Introduction to Management and Leadership Theory. Operational Management of a Law enforcement Agency. Problem Solving. Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. A Business Approach to law enforcement? Technology and Management for the New Millennium. Recruitment and Selection. Impact of the Courts and Legislation on Law enforcement Management. Training and Education. Job-Related Issues. Homeland Security and Policing. Ethics

Michael L. Birzer is Director of the School of Community Affairs and Professor of Criminal Justice at Wichita State University. His research interests include police training, police behavior, the intersection of race and the criminal justice system, and qualitative research methods (ethnography, phenomenology, and ethnomethodology). His non-academic criminal justice experience includes over 18 years of service with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department in Wichita, Kansas, where he reached the rank of lieutenant. He earned his doctorate from Oklahoma State University,

Gerald Bayens is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at Washburn University. His research interests include law enforcement response to agro-terrorism, strategic planning and policy development, and community-based corrections. His non-academic criminal justice experience includes 22 years in criminal justice. His prior employment experience includes Director of Juvenile Corrections and Director of Adult and Juvenile Community Corrections, Shawnee County, Kansas; Special Investigator, Kansas Bureau of Investigations; Criminal Investigator, Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, Kansas; and Military Policeman, U.S. Marine Corps. Dr. Bayens has served as a professional consultant and trainer for many years in the area of quality management and human resource development. He has a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, with interdisciplinary emphasis in political science, research methods, and juvenile justice administration, from Union Institute and University; an M.S. in Criminal Justice from The University of Alabama; and a B.A. in Criminal Justice with minor in psychology from Washburn University. Dr. Bayens has written several research articles and books including his latest, Research Methods in Criminal Justice (CRC Press, 2011) and Probation, Parole, and Community-Base Corrections (McGraw-Hill, 2012).

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