Police Leadership: Organizational and Managerial Decision Making Process, 2nd edition

For courses in Police Organization and Administration, Police Management, Police Leadership, Police Problems, and Police Training.

Police organizations are much more accountable to their publics than ever before. Police Leadership: Organizational and Managerial Decision Making Process, 2/e examines why and how decisions are made and what can be done to direct current and future law enforcement leaders to rethink and adjust their decision making processes to keep up with the demands of our constantly changing society. The text discusses how police organizations function and respond based on the type of leadership and driving policies present in police organizations, and provides ideas about the best ways of dealing with the challenges and organizational problems that police agencies face every day.

Provides a complete, practical introduction to police leadership. Grounded with real-life examples, the text provides a comprehensive examination of police leadership.

• Experiences of several high-profile police chiefs are used to present issues and topics. 

Introduces students to a range of leadership theories. Readers are exposed to a diverse sampling of theories, designed to illustrate the variety in leadership thinking.

• Discussions include team theory, leader–member exchange theory, transformational theory, style theory, situational theory, contingency theory and path-goal theory.  

Reminds students of the importance of ethics and integrity. These themes are constantly emphasized throughout the text.

• Readers understand the central importance of ethics and integrity in leadership. 

Provides templates for the decision-making process. Readers can apply the processes used by others to decision-making situations in their own lives.

• Accounts of real police practitioners analyze critical events in their careers and look at how they arrived at important decisions.
• Discussions include how to look at a given situation, adopt an informed perspective, and make the right leadership decision.

New! Discussions of police chiefs and their careers—have been updated.

• Updates look at the lives of chiefs and the career moves that reflect, in part, the struggles and challenges encountered by them during their lives on the job. 

Expanded! Chapter 13 includes 3 new cases—pertaining to female leadership.

• The new cases examine real examples of challenges encountered by women in leadership positions.