Peter K. Manning (born September 27, 1940) is an American sociologist who is an author and speaker on the topic of policing organizations.

Background

Peter K. Manning was born in

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on September 27, 1940. He graduated from

Willamette University Willamette University is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college with locations in Salem, Oregon, Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United ...

in 1961. Manning went on to earn his

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and

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Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

from

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

in 1963 and 1966 respectively.

Career

Peter K. Manning is a Senior Fellow at The Garfinkel Archive. He previously held the Brooks Chair in the College of

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. He has taught at

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, and the

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. "His research interests includes the rationalizing and interplay of private and public policing, democratic policing,

crime mapping Crime mapping is used by analysts in law enforcement agency, law enforcement agencies to map, visualize, and analyze crime incident patterns. It is a key component of crime analysis and the CompStat policing strategy. Mapping crime, using Geogr ...

and

crime analysis Crime analysis is a law enforcement function that involves systematic analysis for identifying and analyzing patterns and trends in crime and disorder. Information on patterns can help law enforcement agencies deploy resources in a more effectiv ...

, uses of

information technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

, and

qualitative methods Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation. This ...

Manning's works

* Youth and Sociology * Youth: Divergent Perspectives * The Sociology of Mental Health and Illness * Police Work: The Social Organization of Policing * Policing: A View from the Street * Police Narcotics Control: Patterns and Strategies * The Narcs' Game: Organizational and Informational Limits on Drug Law Enforcement * Handbook of Social Science Methods, Volume II, Qualitative Methods * Semiotics and Fieldwork * Symbolic Communication: Signifying Calls and the Police Response * Organizational Communication * The Privatization of Policing: Two Views * Policing Contingencies * The Technology of Policing: Crime Mapping, Information Technology and the Rationality of Crime Control * Democratic Policing in a Changing World with Michael W. Raphael *

Listed in

* American Men and Women of Science and Behavioral Sciences, Jacques Cattell Press: Tucson, Arizona, from 1970 edition. * Contemporary Authors, Gale Research, Detroit, Michigan, from 1977 edition

References

External links

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