2nd Edition

Handbook of Policing

Edited By Tim Newburn Copyright 2009
    904 Pages
    by Willan

    904 Pages
    by Willan

    This new edition of the Handbook of Policing updates and expands the highly successful first edition, and now includes a completely new chapter on policing and forensics. It provides a comprehensive, but highly readable overview of policing in the UK, and is an essential reference point, combining the expertise of leading academic experts on policing and policing practitioners themselves.

    1. Introduction: understanding policing, Tim Newburn  Part I: Policing in Comparative and Historical Perspective  2. Models of policing, Rob I. Mawby  3. Policing before the police, Philip Rawlings  4. The birth and development of the police, Clive Emsley  5. Policing since 1945, Tim Newburn  Part II: The Context of Policing  6. The pattern of transnational policing, Neil Walker  7. Plural policing in the UK: policing beyond the police, Adam Crawford  8. Policing in Scotland, Daniel Donnelly and Kenneth Scott  9. The police service of Northern Ireland, Aogan Mulcahy  10. The police organisation, Rob C. Mawby and Alan Wright  11. Police cultures, Louise Westmarland  12. Police powers, Andrew Sanders and Richard Young  13. Policing and the media, Robert Reiner  Part III: Doing Policing  14. Crime reduction and community safety, Simon Byrne and Ken Pease  15. Modern approaches to policing: community, problem-oriented and intelligence-led, Nick Tilley  16. 'Interpretation for action?' definitions and potential of crime analysis for policing, Nina Cope  17. Criminal investigation and crime control, Mike Maguire  18. Police use of force, firearms and riot control, P.A.J. Waddington and Martin Wright  19. Drugs policing, Maggy Lee and Nigel South  20. Policing fraud and organised crime, Michael Levi  21. Policing terror, Martin Innes and Darren Thiel  22. Policing cybercrime: emerging trends and future challenges, Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar  Part IV: Themes and Debates in Policing  23. Policing ethnic minority communities, Ben Bowling, Alpa Parmar and Coretta Phillips  24. Gender and policing, Frances Heidensohn  25. Policing and ethics, Peter Neyroud  26. The accountability of policing, Trevor Jones  27. Leadership and performance management, Bob Golding and Stephen P. Savage  28. Policing and forensic science, Robin Williams  29. Restorative justice, victims and the police, Carolyn Hoyle  30. Future of policing, Tim Newburn

    Biography

    Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, and Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics. He is currently President of the British Society of Criminology. Tim is the author or editor of over 30 books, the most recent of which are The Politics of Crime Control (edited with Paul Rock, Oxford University Press 2006); Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice (with Trevor Jones, Open University Press 2007); and the Handbook of Criminal Investigation (co-edited with Tom Williamson and Alan Wright, Willan Publishing 2007).

    'A major contribution to the study of policing in the UK ... authoritative, interesting and extremely wide ranging.'  Sir Ian Blair, Former Commissioner, Metropolitan Police

    'The most comprehensive treatment ever published on the issues facing British police in the 21st century. Indispensable reading for students, leaders, critics and supporters of the police.'  Professor Lawrence W. Sherman, President, International Society of Criminology

    'The Handbook is indubitably the most comprehensive, authoritative, scholarly and up-to-date overview of policing in the UK and an essential read for anyone with a stake or interest in policing issues.'  Mathew Bacon, University of Sheffield, Reviewed in The Howard Journal Vol 48 No 3. July 2009