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Rethinking and Reforming American Policing

Leadership Challenges and Future Opportunities

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Editors:
  1. Joseph A. Schafer

    1. Tegeler Hall, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, USA

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  2. Richard W. Myers

    1. Boulder, USA

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  • Includes topics such as policing protests, policing and race, and officer well-being

  • Presents practitioner and academic perspectives, written accessibly

  • Argues that major changes are needed; most texts focus on preserving tradition in stable times

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Thinking About Police Crisis and Reform

    • Joseph A. Schafer, Richard W. Myers
    Pages 1-29

  3. Protests, Unrest, Community-Based Movements, and Calls for Police Reform

    • Maurice T. Vann
    Pages 31-58

  4. Reform from the Top Down: Views of Chief Executives and Professional Associations

    • Richard W. Myers, Joseph A. Schafer
    Pages 59-88

  5. Time for the Tail to Wag the Dog? America Can Still “Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident,” but Police Must Take the Lead

    • Charles “Chip” Huth
    Pages 89-104

  6. Reflections of a Frontline Police Officer

    • Peter Tomitsch
    Pages 105-119

  7. City Manager’s Role in Policing Reforms

    • James M. Bourey
    Pages 121-142

  8. Police Reform Needs Women: Gender Equity as Cultural Change

    • Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Rachael M. Rief
    Pages 143-174

  9. Finding a Way to Survive: A Critical Examination of Elite Policewomen’s Accounts of Their Success

    • Natalie Todak, Susan Boyd, Rachel Tolber, Renée J. Mitchell
    Pages 175-199

  10. Education, Training, and Police Reform

    • Gary Cordner
    Pages 201-225

  11. Accountability and Enhancement: The Dual Objectives of Use-of-Force Review

    • Seth W. Stoughton
    Pages 227-257

  12. A Look at Police Accountability Through the Lens of the George Floyd Case

    • Carol A. Archbold
    Pages 259-288

  13. Policing Rival Protests

    • Edward R. Maguire
    Pages 289-309

  14. Emotional Intelligence and the Future of Police Personnel

    • Obed Magny
    Pages 311-336

  15. Northern Ireland—A Case Study in Police Reform?

    • Kevin Dunwoody
    Pages 337-366

  16. Paths Forward: Advancing Efforts to Rethink and Reform American Policing

    • Joseph A. Schafer, Richard W. Myers
    Pages 367-402

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 403-411
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About this book

Policing in the US and many western nations is in an era of crisis, facing extensive calls for reformation and change. This edited book outlines the major challenges and changes needed to achieve a more stable future for the policing profession and police organizations. The chapters come from innovative police leaders and officers as well as academics with subject matter expertise, to provide insight into how reform can be done with the police. It focusses on how leaders should understand and approach their role during times of instability and uncertainty. It starts with an examination of how policing reached this state of crisis and discusses some interviews conducted with police leaders, particularly chiefs as agents of change and reform. This is followed by chapters from several veteran police leaders and personnel describing some of the factors that brought policing to this critical time of change and reform, how has policing evolved in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and how that impacts the current environment, and some potential strategies to create meaningful change while considering unintended consequences. The following chapters from academics seek to define paths that policing can take toward needed changes that will increase legitimacy, trust, and equality of policing services. It speaks to students, academics and professionals interested in police organization and administration, police leadership, and contemporary issues in policing and criminal justice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tegeler Hall, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, USA

    Joseph A. Schafer

  • Boulder, USA

    Richard W. Myers

About the editors

Joseph A. Schafer is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Associate Dean of Research in the College for Public Health and Social Justice at Saint Louis University, USA.  His research focuses on policing, organizational change, leadership, citizen perceptions of police, and futures research in policing.  

Richard W. Myers is a retired police chief with over 40 years of law enforcement experience, including 33 years as the chief of 8 different agencies in six different US states. He has served leadership roles in a range of police professional associations, including serving as the President/Chair for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and as the Executive Director for the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA). 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rethinking and Reforming American Policing

  • Book Subtitle: Leadership Challenges and Future Opportunities

  • Editors: Joseph A. Schafer, Richard W. Myers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88896-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88895-4Published: 18 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88898-5Published: 19 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-88896-1Published: 01 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 411

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Crime Control and Security, Critical Criminology, Criminal Behavior, Crime and Society

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