Today's police and sheriff recruits : insights from the newest members of America's law enforcement community

The Resource Today's police and sheriff recruits : insights from the newest members of America's law enforcement community
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Today's police and sheriff recruits : insights from the newest members of America's law enforcement community
Title remainder
insights from the newest members of America's law enforcement community
Statement of responsibility
Laura Werber Castaneda, Greg Ridgeway
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Language
eng
Summary
For much of the past decade, police and sheriff's departments faced considerable challenges in attracting and retaining recruits, such that many departments struggled to maintain their size. Although the economic downturn has altered this situation, police and sheriff's departments should expect that the tight labor market of the past decade will return. This volume summarizes a 2008-2009 survey fielded to recent police officer and sheriff's deputy recruits nationwide. The survey asked recruits why they chose a career in law enforcement, why they chose the particular agency that they joined, what they felt were the downsides of a career in law enforcement, and what could be done to improve their department's recruiting efforts. In discussing the survey results, the authors focus on how understanding modern recruits can help departments refine their recruitment practices and develop a workforce well suited to community-oriented policing
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Cataloging source
CStmoR
Dewey number
363.2/20973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
HV7936.R5
LC item number
C37 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Rand Corporation monograph series
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