@book{10.7249/mg992doj, ISBN = {9780833050472}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg992doj}, abstract = {For much of the past decade, police and sheriff's departments faced considerable challenges in attracting and retaining recruits. This volume summarizes a 2008-2009 survey fielded to recent police officer and sheriff's deputy recruits nationwide. The authors focus on how understanding modern recruits can help departments refine their recruitment practices and develop a workforce well suited to community-oriented policing.}, author = {Laura Werber Castaneda and Greg Ridgeway}, publisher = {RAND Corporation}, title = {Today's Police and Sheriff Recruits: Insights from the Newest Members of America's Law Enforcement Community}, year = {2010} }