@article{338684,
      author = {O'Hara, Patrick,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/338684},
      title = {Why law enforcement organizations fail : mapping the  organizational fault lines in policing /},
      publisher = {Carolina Academic Press,},
      abstract = {This book looks carefully at the issue of why law  enforcement organizations fail. Constant negative headlines  call into question the ability of U.S. law enforcement to  manage itself effectively in a democratic, diverse society.  By analyzing a variety of cases, the author shows how  crises occur regularly along common structural and cultural  fault lines in police agencies at every level of  government. The exploration of what handicaps the law  enforcement agency goes far beyond "bureaucratic bungling"  to examine deep-seated structural and cultural elements of  organization. Symptoms such as institutional racism, sexual  harassment, and racial profiling are seen as outgrowths of  structural-cultural characteristics in law enforcement  organizations whose power is often independent of larger  social forces. The book provides tools for spotting  malignant individuals, highlighting perverse incentives,  isolating and neutralizing deviant cultures, recognizing  policy inertia, and confronting bankrupt philosophies. By  helping current and future law enforcement personnel better  understand the "lay of the land," this book provides a  pragmatic guide for dealing with crises, preventing their  recurrence, and restoring the legitimacy of the police in  the communities they serve. This book is an addition to any  class on police organization and management, criminal  justice policy, or police-community relations.},
      recid = {338684},
      pages = {xiii, 228 p. ;},
      address = {Durham, N.C. :},
      year = {2005},
}