The Popular Book List contains a selection of our more popular texts sorted by organizational position.

 

The Comprehensive Book List contains all books which may be included on a test at the base price.The list is indexed by topic and appropriate rank.

 

 

Detective 

 

cover Charles A. Lushbaugh and Paul B. Weston. Criminal Investigation: Basic Perspectives, 12th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2012. ISBN 978-0-13-511051-5. 339pp. 1-800-922-0579.   www.mypearsonstore.com
cover Charles Swanson, Neil Chamelin, Leonard Territo and Robert Taylor. Criminal Investigation, 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 2009. ISBN 978-0-07-340153-9. 767pp. 1-800-338-3987.  www.mhhe.com

 

 

Operations 

 

Thomas Adams. Police Field Operations, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2007. ISBN 0-13-219370-1. 514 pp. 1-800-922-0579. www.mypearsonstore.com
Charles D. Hale. Police Patrol: Operations and Management, 3rd Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2004. ISBN 0-13-112634-2. 397 pp. 1-800-922-0579. www.mypearsonstore.com

 

 

Supervisor 

 

  Nathan F. Iannone, Marvin D. Iannone and Jeff Bernstein. Supervision of Police Personnel, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2009. ISBN 978-0-13-113161-3. 361pp. 1-800-922-0579. www.mypearsonstore.com
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Harry W. More and Larry S. Miller. Effective Police Supervision, 6th Edition. Anderson Publishing/Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4377-5586-2. 572 pp. 1-800-545-2522.  www.elsevierdirect.com

  Paul Whisenand. Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2011. ISBN 978-0-13-245758-3. 342 pp. 1-800-922-0579.  www.mypearsonstore.co

 

 

Manager

 

cover Larry T. Hoover (ed.). Police Management: Issues and Perspectives, Police Executive Research Forum, 1992. ISBN 1-878734-28-8. 381 pp. 1-888-202-4563 (Product 265). 1120 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 930 Washington, DC 20036. www.policeforum.org(must order b y phone, fax or mail)
  Kenneth J. Peak, Larry K. Gaines and Ronald W. Glensor. Police Supervision and Management, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN:978-0-13-515466-3. 409 pp. 1-800-922-0579. www.mypearsonstore.com
  Edward Thibault, Lawrence Lynch and R. Bruce McBride. Proactive Police Management, 8th Edition. Prentice-Hall Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-0-13-609365-7. 408 pp. 1-800-922-0579.  www.pearsonstore.com

 

 

Senior Manager

 

  Gary Cordner and Kathryn Scarborough. Police Administration, 7th Edition. LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing Co., 2010. ISBN 978-1-4224-6324-6. 531 pp. 1-800-545-2522. www.elsevierdirect.com
cover Mark Moore and Darrel Stephens. Beyond Command and Control: The Strategic Management of Police Departments. Police Executive Research Forum, 1991. ISBN 1-878734-25-3. 132 pp. 1-888-202-4563 (Product 173). www.policeforum.org/bookstore

Charles Swanson, Leonard Territo and Robert Taylor. Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and Behavior, 8th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2012. ISBN 978-0-13-512103-0. 685pp. 1-800-922-0579. www.pearsonstore.com

 

 

Special Topics

 

  John P. Crank and Michael A. Caldero. Police Ethics: The Corruption of Noble Cause, revised 3rd Edition. Anderson Publishing/Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-1-59345-610-8. 359 pp. 1-800-545-2522.  www.elsevierdirect.com
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Herman Goldstein. Problem Oriented Policing. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1990. ISBN 0-07023-694-1. 206 pp. 1-800-338-3987. Princeton Road Hightown, NJ 08520. www.mhhe.com [out of print]

Charles McNeeley.  Community Policing: Building Inclusive Communities. Lamar Publishing., 2006.  ISBN 0-9744747-5-4.  143 pp.  800-227-9215.  www.lamarpublishing.com/booksproducts [up to 20% of test]

 

Linda Miller and Karen Hess. Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving, 6th Edition. Delmar, Cengage Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4354-8868-7. 545 pp. 1-800-487-5510. www.CengageBrain.com

cover Patrick L. Townsend and Joan E. Gebhardt. Five-Star Leadership: The Art and Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level., John Wiley & Sons, Copyright 1997, paperback printing 1999. ISBN 0-471-32728-X. 254 pp. 800-956-7739 . www.wiley.com (NOTE: This book is a print-on-demand book. Delivery time slightly longer.)
Jeffery T. Walker and Craig Hemmens. Legal Guide for Police: Constitutional Issues, 9th Edition. Elsevier/Anderson Publishing Co., 2011. ISBN 978-1-4377-5588-6 (softbound). 246 pp.  1-800-545-2522. www.elsevierdirect.com 

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