Policing & Police Law

This pioneering volume provides a fresh view of police reform as occurring from the bottom up rather than the top down. It is based on special issues of Police Practice and Research and Policing and Society...

Sweeping changes have altered the cultural landscape of China. This volume provides an insightful glimpse of policing in the midst of such change. Beginning with a historical account of police reform in the region since 2000, it discusses the difficulties encountered in trying to understand Chinese ..

Sweeping changes have altered the cultural landscape of China. This volume provides an insightful glimpse of policing in the midst of such change. Beginning with a historical account of police reform in the region since 2000, it discusses the difficulties encountered in trying to understand Chinese ..

Community police frequently encounter people with mental health, and these interactions  are often sensitive and demanding, yet despite this, surprisingly scant attention has been given to the development of empirically tested and established best practice approaches to managing this important aspec..

This text makes an informed contribution to the under-researched subject of police suicide by offering an analysis of UK case studies of officers and staff who either have completed suicide or experienced suicide ideation. The text then examines current and potential intervention measures and suppor..

This text makes an informed contribution to the under-researched subject of police suicide by offering an analysis of UK case studies of officers and staff who either have completed suicide or experienced suicide ideation. The text then examines current and potential intervention measures and suppor..

The movement of humans across borders is increasing exponentially—some for benign reasons, others nefarious—including terrorism, human trafficking, and people smuggling. This volume explores the nature of these challenges for police, governments, and citizens at large. Drawn from keynote presentatio..

This book shows why race has become the most significant issue facing the British police, and argues that the police response to race has led to a consideration of fundamental issues about the relation of the police to society as a whole and not just minority groups who might be most directly affect..

This book focuses on the use of CCTV in a very different environment to that in which its impact has previously been studied - that of a busy London police station - and draws upon the analysis of CCTV footage, suspects' backgrounds and extensive interviewing of both police officers and suspects. Th..

Drawing heavily on original research designed to train police officers to survive deadly encounters, this book examines the sociological history, psychology, and motives of 50 murderers of police officers in 2011. The book identifies the commonalities and differences between groups of offenders by a..

Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation, Third Edition, explores the methods and strategies for confronting the nine types of subjects typically encountered in hostage/suicide sieges by correctional staff and law enforcement crisis negotiators. Strentz, an experienced negotiator who designed and..

Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation, Third Edition, explores the methods and strategies for confronting the nine types of subjects typically encountered in hostage/suicide sieges by correctional staff and law enforcement crisis negotiators. Strentz, an experienced negotiator who designed and..