Print version: Cooper, Jonathon A. In search of police legitimacy : territoriality, isomorphism, and changes in policing practices. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2014 Criminal justice: recent scholarship ISBN 9781593327248
Includes bibliographical references and index
List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Organizational legitimacy and the policing mandate -- Using isomorphism to explain aggregate police behavior -- Measuring policing isomorphism : challenges and solutions -- Crime and policing in DC -- Examining territoriality and isomorphism -- Examining social ecology and sovereigns -- Towards a theoretical model of territorial isomorphism and policing -- Future directions in policing practice and research -- Appendix a: additional tables -- Appendix b: additional figures -- References -- Index.