Policing Issues: Challenges And Controversies Analyzes The Most Pressing Challenges Affecting Municipal Policing In The United States Today. Longstanding And Emerging Issues Are Critically Examined With A Solutions-Focus To Provide Readers With A Strong Understanding Of The Problems Affecting Citizens, Communities, Police Officers, And Administrators. Discussions Are Grounded In Empirical Research, Other Relevant Scholarly Literature, And Current Events To Provide Readers With Trusted And Well-Rounded Information. This Text Is Ideal For Those Considering Or Training For A Career In Policing, Or Those Currently Working As Police/Law Enforcement Officers.

Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore. He has researched, written, and lectured on national security, political violence, political crime, violent crime, corrections, policing, cybercrime, and crime and justice in Indian Country for over two decades. Ross' work has appeared in many academic journals and books, as well as popular media. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor ofsixteen books. Ross is a frequent and respected subject matter expert for local, regional, national and international news media. He has made live appearances on CNN, including Jack Cafferty's "In the Money," and "Larry King Live," CNBC, including "Geraldo Live," and on Fox national news, including "Hannity and Colmes" and "The O'Reilly Factor." Additionally Ross has written op-eds for The (Baltimore) Sun, The (Maryland) Daily Record, The Gazette (weekly community newspapers serving Maryland's Montgomery, Frederick, Prince Georges and Carroll counties), the Baltimore Examiner, and the Tampa Tribune. From 1995-1998, Ross was a social science analyst with the National Institute of Justice, a Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2003, he was awarded the University of Baltimore's Distinguished Chair in Research Award. During the early 1980s, Jeff worked almost four years in a correctional institution. His website is www.jeffreyianross.com.