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In Search of Police Legitimacy

Territoriality, Isomorphism, and Changes in Policing Practices

In Search of Police Legitimacy( )
Author: Cooper, Jonathon A.
ISBN:978-1-59332-724-8
Publication Date:Feb 2014
Publisher:LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $70.00
Book Description:

Cooper answers two questions: why do police precincts look similar, despite being situated in very different environments? And, why do police engage in behavior that does not result in crime control? These two questions are closely related. Drawing from institutional theory and employing spatial analytic techniques, Cooper finds that certain police precincts unduly influence the behavior of neighboring precincts. In the language of institutional theory, this is sovereign isomorphism:...
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