The Power to Arrest Lessons from Research /

• Main Authors: Engel, Robin S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Worden, Robert E. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Corsaro, Nicholas (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), McManus, Hannah D. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Reynolds, Danielle (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Cochran, Hannah (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Isaza, Gabrielle T. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Calnon Cherkauskas, Jennifer (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Police.; Criminology.; Research.; Public policy.; Policing.; Research Methods in Criminology.; Public Policy.

This insightful volume examines key research questions concerning police decision to arrest as well as police-led diversion. The authors critically evaluate the tentative answers that empirical evidence provides to those questions, and suggest areas for future inquiry. Nearly seven decades of empiri...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• 2. Placing Arrest in Context
• 3. Explaining the Decision to Arrest
• 4. Alternatives to Arrest
• 5. Research Considerations
• 6. Implications & Recommendations.