Policework: The Need For A Noble Character [Hardcover]

A strong challenge against the present American system of law enforcement, this book contends that politics have prevented police from achieving their sworn mission. Although his analysis is based on established theory, the author uses his own research and experience as evidence of the failure of the criminal justice system. Police departments are revealed as examples of a bureaucracy that has lost sight of its purpose and only seeks to survive. This work will be of interest to those seeking a different and controversial view of criminal justice, police science, public administration, urban studies, and political science programs.RICKEY D. LASHLEY is a claims investigator with CNA Insurance, an adjunct faculty member of the Criminal Justice Program at Mount Senario College, and a former investigator and patrol deputy in Wisconsin. He has written on police matters.

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Introduction: The Last Chapter
The Need for a Champion
The Need for a Noble Character
Justice as a Scam
A Question of Ethics
A-Meg
The War on Drugs, the War on Crime, and Battles That Were Never Fought
The Armistice
Joe
The Forgotten Wars
The DEA, FBI, ATF, and All Those Other Acronyms
Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines?
The Challenge
The Hobbistic World of the Modern Age
A War of Many Fronts
The Reorganization
The Cost and the Benefit
A Return to Camelot
Bibliography
Index