Counterinsurgency Strategy—A Path to Effective Policing: By Howard Rahtz, Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, LTD., 2024, 176 pp., $28.95 (paper), ISBN: 978-0-398-09453-9; $28.95 (ebook), ISBN: 978-0-398-09454-6.
This review examines *Counterinsurgency Strategy—A Path to Effective Policing*, which argues that COIN (counterinsurgency) military strategies can inform police reform by aligning with community-oriented policing (COP) and emphasizing legitimacy. The book addresses the U.S. police legitimacy crisis...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Criminal Justice Education Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 733 - 736 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2026
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