Format:
1 online resource (109 pages)
ISBN:
9780833050519
Content:
For much of the past decade, police and sheriff's departments faced considerable challenges in attracting and retaining recruits. This volume summarizes a 2008-2009 survey fielded to recent police officer and sheriff's deputy recruits nationwide. 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.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One - Introduction -- Background -- Approach and Data -- Survey Instrument -- Agency Sample and Recruitment -- Survey Analysis -- Organization of This Document -- Chapter Two - Perceived Pros and Cons of Law Enforcement Careers -- Reasons for Pursuing a Law Enforcement Career -- Key Group of Interest: Female Recruits -- Key Group of Interest: Minority Recruits -- Other Key Groups of Interest -- Disadvantages of Law Enforcement Careers -- Key Group of Interest: Female Recruits -- Key Group of Interest: Minority Recruits -- Other Key Groups of Interest -- Discussion -- Chapter Three: Who and What Influences Recruits' Career Decisions? -- Influence of Family and Friends -- Key Group of Interest: Female Recruits -- Key Group of Interest: Minority Recruits -- Other Key Groups of Interest -- Role of Victimization on Law Enforcement Career Choices -- Discussion -- Chapter Four - Recruiting Strategies -- Overview -- Key Group of Interest: Female Recruits -- Key Group of Interest: Minority Recruits -- Other Key Groups of Interest -- Discussion -- Chapter Five - Conclusions and Recommendations -- Target the Perceptions of Would-Be Recruits and Their Potential Influencers -- Recognize the Value of Both Financial and Nonfinancial Motivators -- Fully Engage Current Officers and Staff in Agency Recruiting Efforts -- Expand the Agency's Internet Presence -- Develop Strategies to Recruit a Workforce Well Suited to Community-Oriented Policing -- Continue to Learn from New Recruits -- Appendixes -- Appendix A - Survey Instrument -- Appendix B - Description of Survey Responses -- References.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780833050472
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780833050472
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=669779
