Police Psychology Book Review:  Rose, Gary. (2013) Towards the integration of police psychology techniques to combat juvenile delinquency in K-12 classrooms

by Paul Cech

Gary Rose revised his doctoral dissertation to create a book that will be of special interest to readers who are peace officers; teachers; police, school, and community psychologists, criminologists, school counselors, and many others.

The author begins with a brief reference to Newtown, Connecticut–December 12, 2012. He does so not to focus on school shootings, but to bring attention to a role of police officers could fulfill in schools. Instead of pushing for an armory in every school, Rose flips the idea around, he “…creates a framework for envisioning how trained police might best work hand in hand with teachers to forge better and more cohesive classroom management practice, and in so doing forge new community linkages, stronger schools and ultimately even more effective police forces (p.17).” (more…)