Evaluating Police Tactics
An Empirical Assessment of Room Entry Techniques
- 1st Edition - October 16, 2013
- Latest edition
- Authors: J. Pete Blair, M. Hunter Martaindale
- Language: English
The approach that should be used by law enforcement officers in order to safely and effectively enter a room is a point of contention among many police trainers. Based on five ex… Read more
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Description
Description
The approach that should be used by law enforcement officers in order to safely and effectively enter a room is a point of contention among many police trainers. Based on five experiments conducted over a two-year period, Evaluating Police Tactics demonstrates that the conventional wisdom is not optimal. Using the scientific method to systematically assess current room entry philosophies and techniques employed by police, Evaluating Police Tactics offers suggestions for examining the current philosophies and determining how patrol officers can enter scenes of ongoing violence, find the shooter, and stop the killing as safely and effectively as possible.
About the Real-World Criminology Series
More than just textbooks, the short books in the Real-World Criminology series are designed to be of interest to particular fields within criminology. They can be policy primers, spurring innovations in policing and corrections, theoretical works dealing with policy implications, or program evaluations incorporating theoretical foundations. Each book covers something that is happening –or should be happening—in the world of criminal justice.
Key features
Key features
- Provides descriptions and results of actual experiments used to test various room entry techniques
- Uses unbiased empirical analysis to determine the pros and cons of different approaches to police tactics
- Ideal for use as a supplemental text in many criminology courses or as one of a collection of smaller texts for high-level theory courses
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Room Entry Styles
3. Dump vs. Slice Experiment
4. Room Entry Techniques Overview
5. Room Entry Techniques Experiments
6. Conclusion
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 16, 2013
- Language: English