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Books in the Advances in Police Theory and Practice series

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  • - Advancing Accountability in Law Enforcement
     
    £38.49

    Exploring the complex and controversial topic of civilian oversight of police, this book analyzes the issues and debates entailed by civilian oversight by using worldwide perspectives, in-depth case studies, and a wealth of survey data.

  • - Management by Manipulation
    by John A. Eterno
    £164.49

    The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation brings together the work of two criminologists one a former NYPD captain who present the first in-depth empirical analysis of this management system exposing the truth about crime statistics manipulation in the NYPD and the repercussions suffered by crime victims and those who blew the whistle.

  • - Preventing Misconduct and Maintaining Integrity
    by Tim Prenzler
    £96.99

    Presents strategies to prevent police corruption and to maintain an ethical culture in policing. This book describes diverse types of police misconduct and the impact they have on the police and the community. It discusses various strategies for managing integrity, including alternative methods for dealing with misconduct.

  • - Advancing Accountability in Law Enforcement
     
    £55.49

    Exploring the complex and controversial topic of civilian oversight of police, this book analyzes the issues and debates entailed by civilian oversight by using worldwide perspectives, in-depth case studies, and a wealth of survey data. Integrating and summarizing decades of research from many locations around the globe, Civilian Oversight of Police: Advancing Accountability in Law Enforcement uses a very clear and consistent pattern of findings to address the overall management of police conduct. The book examines the history and performance of oversight agencies in multiple jurisdictions around the world. The evidence used includes: Citizen, complainant, and police views on oversight Stakeholder experiences with different types of responses to complaints Data about police conduct Emphasizing the concept of shared responsibility for effective police integrity management, the book discusses what does and does not work in maximizing police management and performance. It presents a best practices model for managing police conduct and describes the impact of oversight agencies on police policy, including innovative means by which agencies can work with police departments to improve police conduct. Civilian Oversight of Police provides a critical resource on police conduct for professionals as well as academics. It makes practical recommendations for achieving a "win-win" balance in addressing the needs and interests of all parties involved with the police complaints and accountability process. It also marks a starting point to stimulate further research as well as increased collaboration between researchers and practitioners to enhance the stock of knowledge for effective police integrity management and democratic accountability.

  • - Doing Gender and Policing in a Gendered Organization
    by Venessa Garcia
    £123.99

    Women in Policing around the World is a historical, legal, political, and social examination of women in policing around the world.

  • - Research Studies into Police Counterterrorism Investigations
    by David Lowe
    £80.49

    Based primarily upon information from the UK Special Branch Counterterrorism Unit, this book takes you through the mechanics of a counterterrorism investigation, from legal definitions to admissibility at trial.

  • - Evaluation Models with Follow-up Strategies for Investigators, Second Edition
    by James M. Adcock
    £123.99

    Written by experts who conduct training and consulting worldwide, this text enables police and public safety agencies to more easily get these cases to court.

  • - International Perspectives
     
    £123.99

    Police departments in many parts of the world have set up specific programs with crisis intervention teams to facilitate police contact with the mentally ill. Focusing chiefly on jurisdictions in Australia, this volume also examines several of these programs in North America, Europe, and parts of the developing world.

  • by Sedat Mulayim
    £43.49

    This book examines the major theoretical foundations of ethics, before zooming in on definitions of professional practice and applied professional ethics, as distinct from private morals, in general and then focusing on professional ethics for translators and interpreters in police and legal settings.

  • by Garth (Police Foundation den Heyer
    £43.49

    This book addresses the various strategies that are available to police management, such as consolidation, regionalization, and amalgamation of police agencies; new public management (NPM); enhanced performance management; civilianization; and organizational restructuring.

  • - Studying Crime Control, Community, and Counterterrorism
     
    £43.49

    This book presents important advances in Israeli police science based on empirical data during the past decade while making significant contributions to broader aspects of the policing literature.

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    £43.49

    This book addresses shadow economies and the players involved by examining various aspects of criminal law and prosecution.

  • - Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation
     
    £43.49

    A collection of chapters authored by internationally known police leaders, academics, researchers, and professionals, this book focuses on the fact that the two worlds of practice and research are moving closer and closer.

  • - Context, Challenges, and Strategies
    by Sedat (RMIT University Mulayim
    £43.49

    This book provides solutions for the range of interview challenges found in today's multilingual environments.

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    £43.49

    Focused on two key topics regarding policing in the 21st century, this volume brings together highly insightful essays from world-class scholars on developments in contemporary community policing in advanced industrial societies, and peacekeeping in weak and failing states.

  • - Research Studies into Police Counterterrorism Investigations
    by David Lowe
    £43.49

    Based primarily upon information from the UK Special Branch Counterterrorism Unit, this book takes you through the mechanics of a counterterrorism investigation, from legal definitions to admissibility at trial.

  • - Evaluation Models with Follow-up Strategies for Investigators, Second Edition
    by James M. Adcock
    £43.49

    Written by experts who conduct training and consulting worldwide, this text enables police and public safety agencies to more easily get these cases to court.

  • - Characteristics of White-Collar Criminals
    by Petter Gottschalk
    £43.49

    There are many approaches to understanding white-collar crime. This volume highlights the importance of police intelligence in confronting these crimes and criminals and focuses on the identification, retrieval, storage, and application of information resources.

  • - Policing and Prevention
    by Karl Anton Roberts
    £43.49

    This volume provides readers with the knowledge and understanding of the characteristics and causes of honor-based violence and offers practical insights into effective methods of policing.

  • - Theory, Research, and Practice
     
    £43.49

    This text assembles the psychological and criminological theories underpinning crime linkage, how it is used in practice, the challenges practitioners face, and current innovations which will shape the future of crime linkage research and practice.

  • - The Fall of the Professional-Reform Model of Policing
    by James Lasley
    £43.49

    This book reveals a special inside study performed under the authority of LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates to investigate why the department had begun to disintegrate and how, if possible, it could be salvaged.

  • by Kam C. Wong
    £43.49 - 137.49

    Documents the challenges and opportunities facing the Hong Kong police force following the reversion of political authority from the UK to China in 1997. This book may be of value to students and researchers working in the area of comparative policing, and comparative criminal justice, as well as police professionals, and policy-makers.

  • - Global Lessons for Combating Police Misconduct
    by Louise Porter
    £43.49

    Drawn from the work of scholars on the cutting edge of police research, this volume provides concrete recommendations for the fundamental reorganization of the policing institution.

  • - A Threat to Global Security
     
    £43.49

    This book examines changing concepts in security and the expansion of the role of the Security Council of the UN. Expert contributors reveal methods to identify criminals and efforts to combat illegal activity. They also investigate alternative approaches to preventing another worldwide financial disaster.

  • - A Multidisciplinary Perspective
     
    £43.49

    This volume examines the issue of human organ trafficking from the perspectives of criminal justice, business, medicine, ethics, philosophy, and theology.

  • - International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives
     
    £43.49

    Bringing together the research of anthropologists and criminologists, this volume explores the concept of community policing from a world-wide perspective.

  • - Preventing Misconduct and Maintaining Integrity
    by Tim Prenzler
    £43.49

    Designed for administrators at all levels, this book presents proven strategies to prevent police corruption and to maintain an ethical culture in policing.

  • - A Comparative Perspective
    by Serdar Kenan Gul
    £43.49

    This volume employs the comparative case study approach to evaluate systems in police departments in two diverse locales-Ankara, Turkey and Toledo, Ohio.

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