Working Papers

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Selected Research Publications

Books

bullet Giles, H. (Ed.)  (2002) Law Enforcement, Communication and Community
Amsterdam & New York:John Benjamin  (2002)
COPPAC Executive Director, Howard Giles, has edited "Law Enforcement, Communication and Community" with contributing authors from UCSB and around the world. The book discusses a wide range of issues involving law enforcement, communication and the community, such as community policing, family violence, fictional cops, hostage negotiations and more. 
bullet COPPAC Directors, Giles and Anderson, plan to edit a the second such volume to continue this international conversation on issues of police and the community.

Articles and Chapters

Dailey, R.M., Anderson, M.C., Giles, H. & Reid, S.A. (in press).  Community Review of Police Conduct:  An Intergroup Communication Perspective.

Giles, H., Fortman, J., Dailey, C., Barker, R., Hajek, V., Anderson, M.C., & Rule, N.O., 2006.
Communication Accommodation: Law Enforcement and the Public.  In R.M. Dailey & B.A. Le Poire
(Eds.). Applied Research in Interpersonal Communication:Family Communication,
Health Communication and Communicating Across Social Boundaries
(pp. 241-269) . New York: Peter Lang. (Winner of the International Communication Association's Top Three Panel Paper Award (2005)).

Giles, H., Hajek, C., Barker, V., Anderson, M.C., Chen, M-L., Zhang, B.Y., & Hummert, M.L. (in press)
Communicative Dimensions of Police-Civilian Interaction in Cross-Cultural Context.  In A. Weatherall,
B.Watson & C. Gallois (Eds). The Social Psychology of Language and Discourse. Basingstoke, England:Palgrave MacMillan.

Giles, H., Willemyns, M., Gallois, C. & Anderson, M.C. (in press). Accommodating and Patrolling
Organizations.  In K. Fiedler (Ed.), Social Communication. New York: Psychology Press.

Giles, H. (Ed.)  (2002) Law Enforcement, Communication and Community
Amsterdam & New York: John Benjamin  (2002).

Giles, H., Zwang-Weissman, Y. & Hajek, C. (2004).  Patronizing and Policing Elderly People.
Psychological Reports, 95, 754-756.

Molloy, J. & Giles, H. (2002).  Communication, Language, and Law Enforcement: An Intergroup
Communication Approach.  In P. Glenn, C. LeBaron, & J. Mandelbaum (Eds.), Studies in
Language and Social Interaction
(pp. 327-340). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Book Reviews

Anderson, M.C. & Giles H., (December 2005)  Review of Skogan, W., & Frydle, K. (Eds.) (2004). Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence. National Research Council Committee to Review Research on Police Policy and Practices.  Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Washington, DC. The National Academies Press.  Journal of Communication, 55, 872-874.

Giles H, & Anderson, M.C. (2003) Liability, Stress, and Community: Communicative Issues in Policing. Book Review of Toch, H., Stress in Policing; D.M. Payne, Police Liability: Lawsuits Against the Police; M. Morash & J.K. Ford, The Move to Community Policing, Journal of Communication 

Popular Press Publications:

Anderson, M.C. and Giles, H.  (13 February 2005).  Survey Gives UCSB, Santa Barbara Police High Marks, Santa Barbara News-Press, p. G1.

Anderson, M.C. and Giles, H. (29 September 2002). Research on Policing Will Benefit Society.
Santa Barbara News Press, 29 September, 2002
 


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