Working the Street: Police Discretion and the Dilemmas of Reform

by Michael K. Brown

Book Overview

Now available in paperback, this provocative study examines the street-level decisions made by police, caught between a sometimes hostile community and a maze of departmental regulations. Probing the dynamics of three sample police departments, Brown reveals the factors that shape how officers wield their powers of discretion. Chief among these factors, he contends, is the highly bureaucratic organization of the modern police department. A new epilogue,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871541912
• ISBN13: 9780871541918
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.