Multicultural Law Enforcement: Strategies for Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society - Brossura

Deena R. Levine, MA, has been providing consulting and training to organizations in both the public and private sectors since 1983. She is the principal of Deena Levine & Associates, a firm specializing in cross-cultural and communication workplace training as well as global business consulting. She and her associates, together with representatives from community organizations, have provided programs to police departments, focusing on cross-cultural and human relations. She worked at the Intercultural Relations Institute, formerly at Stanford University, developing multicultural workforce training for managers and supervisors. She wrote an additional widely used text on the cultural aspects of communication, entitled Beyond Language: Cross-Cultural Communication (Regents/Prentice Hall).

Herbert Z. Wong, PhD, an organizational psychologist, provides cultural awareness and diversity training to law enforcement officers on local, state, and federal levels nationwide. He is President of Herbert Z. Wong & Associates, a management consulting firm to over 300 businesses, universities, government agencies, and corporations, specializing in multicultural management and workforce diversity. In 1990, Dr. Wong co-founded and was President of the National Diversity Conference, which became the Society for Human Resource Management’s Workplace Diversity Conference. He developed and provided the national Training-of-Trainers programs for the seven-part Valuing Diversity videotape series used in over 4,000 organizations worldwide. In addition, Dr. Wong has written extensive papers and publications on workforce diversity and multicultural leadership issues.

Aaron T. Olson, M.Ed., is a criminal justice instructor at Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, where he teaches police, courts, criminal investigations, cooperative education, and cultural diversity courses.  He designed the first cultural diversity course and curriculum for the college’s criminal justice program in 2001.  Outside of academia he is an organization and training consultant, specializing in multicultural training workshops for law enforcement, corrections, telecommunications, fire services, and medical professionals.  He is a retired Oregon State Police patrol sergeant and shift supervisor with 26 years police experience in communications, recruiting, and patrol assignments.  He has also instructed at Oregon’s Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, teaching recruit, supervision, mid-management and executive management courses.  He established and still delivers public safety workshops to immigrants and refugees at the Immigrant Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), and has written instructor manuals and textbooks dealing with workforce diversity, leadership, communications, and train-the-trainer instructor courses.

Philip R. Harris, PhD, is a management psychologist with extensive experience in both the criminal justice system and cross-cultural studies. President of Harris International, Ltd., in La Jolla, California, he is author/editor of approximately 43 volumes, including Managing Cultural Differences (7th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann), Managing the Knowledge Culture (HRD Press) and The New Work Culture (2nd ed., HRD Press). A global consultant to over 200 systems, he has had as law enforcement clients the California POST Command College, the Office of Naval Research/USMC Corrections Officers, the U.S. Customs Service, the District of Columbia Police Department, and the Philadelphia Police Department Dr. Harris is listed in Who’s Who in America< 

Fourth Edition

MULTICULTURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

Strategies for Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society

Robert M. Shusta, Deena R. Levine, Herbert Z. Wong, Aaron T. Olson and Philip R. Harris

 “The authors of Multicultural Law Enforcement: Strategies for Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society illustrate that an awakening must take place if law enforcement is to adjust successfully to the demographic realities facing the United Statesin the 21st century. This text shows why an enhanced sense of cultural awareness and understanding of multicultural diversity issues have become increasingly essential for today's police officers.”

Retired Captain Alan C. Youngs, Lakewood Police Department (Colorado)

The five authors of Multicultural Law Enforcement provide a comprehensive look at the challenges that police officers face as they interact with individuals from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The authors focus on cross-cultural contact with law enforcement and the associated professionalism required to deal with issues of multicultural diversity. They highlight the fact that, with the respect that law enforcement exhibits, members of minority communities and law enforcement will develop excellent relationships and mutual trust. .

This completely updated Fourth Edition of Multicultural Law Enforcement: Strategies for Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society provides key insights and information relevant to criminal justice professionals on law enforcement contacts across cultures and races. Chief executives, managers, supervisors, police and correctional officers, federal agents, and students will all benefit from the book’s guidelines, its insights and the practical knowledge in every chapter. .

This fourth edition includes new or updated information on:

·        Community policing ― new success stories and illustrations.

·        Immigration and unauthorized migrants in the U.S.

·        Racial profiling status and new legislation

·        Recruitment and retention of women and minorities

·        Issues pertinent to sexual orientation and law enforcement

·        Native American tribal police and issues of identity

·        Multicultural issues related to terrorism, homeland security, and disaster preparedness. 

·        The "Patriot Act" and related  issues for law enforcement.

·        Effective response strategies to reduce hate and bias crimes; post 9/11 updates

Criminal justice instructors, students and law enforcement trainers will welcome Multicultural Law Enforcement (4th Edition)as a complete learning package that offers the following time-saving supplements: Instructor's Manual, Student Study Guide, Chapter Tests and an Instructor's Resources CD with Chapter Teaching Point Slides. 

“One of the greatest challenges to American Society is developing the ability to respect and acknowledge cultural differences while drawing on the strengths of diversity. The police and all other law enforcement professionals need to be on the cutting edge of meeting that challenge ― this text will help them to effectively fulfill their responsibility.”

Darrel W. Stephens, Chief of Police

Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina