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Administration and organization

  • Community Policing in Indigenous Communitiesby Mahesh K. Nalla

    CRC Press 2013; US$ 99.95

    Indigenous communities are typically those that challenge the laws of the nation states of which they have become-often very reluctantly-a part. Around the world, community policing has emerged in many of these regions as a product of their physical environments and cultures. Through a series of case studies, Community Policing in Indigenous Communities... more...

  • Police Administrationby Gary W Cordner

    Elsevier Science 2013; US$ 78.95

    Police Administration provides a thorough overview of what police supervisors and administrators need to know. The text examines police administration from four distinct perspectives: a systems perspective (the interrelatedness among units and organizations); a traditional, structural perspective (administrative principles, management functions,... more...

  • Community Policingby Mike Brogden; Preeti Nijhar

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95

    Community policing has been a buzzword in Anglo-American policing for the last two decades, somewhat vague in its definition but generally considered to be a good thing. In the UK the notion of community policing conveys a consensual policing style, offering an alternative to past public order and crimefighting styles. In the US community policing... more...

  • Introduction to Crime Analysisby Deborah Osborne; Susan Wernicke

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 50.50

    Successfully analyze crime at any level of law enforcement! This book is a practical resource guide for the development of crime analysis in local law enforcement. The tragedy of September 11, 2001, has raised awareness on how crucial it is to analyze information and intelligence. Smaller agencies that cannot financially justify hiring a full-time... more...

  • Unhappy Dialogueby James Whitfield

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95

    This book is concerned with the origins of the often difficult relationship between the Metropolitan Police and London's West Indian community, and is the first detailed account of the relationship between them during the crucial early decades of largescale immigration. It shows how and why the early seeds of mistrust between police and black immigrants... more...

  • Policing the Mediaby Frank Leishman; Paul Mason

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 42.50

    Policing and the Media provides an up-to-date overview of the changing dynamics and dimensions of the relationships that exist on the British police-media nexus. Factual, fictional and factional representations of policing in the media are the major - and for a great many citizens probably the sole - influence in shaping their perceptions and opinions... more...

  • Psychology Policingby Peter Ainsworth

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 41.95

    Applied psychology has become increasingly important in the work of policing, police training and the academic study of policing. This book provides a highly accessible account of the way in which psychological principles and practices are applied to policing, reflecting the increasing attention being given to this area in the light of recent concerns... more...

  • Policing Critical Incidentsby Laurence Alison; Jonathan Crego

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 58.00

    The aim of this book is to examine the qualities of leadership and decision-making in the police service. Based on groundbreaking research using unique, advanced methods for examining policing in complex critical incident environments, the book focuses principally on a series of police debriefs following live major critical incidents. It captures... more...

  • Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologiesby Michael Leitner

    Springer 2012; US$ 139.99

    This book surveys the evolution, current state and future of crime mapping with geographic information systems technology. Covers methods from such areas as epidemiology and location-allocation analysis, and their application to spatial analysis of crime data. more...

  • Challenges of Policing Democraciesby Dilip Das; Marenin Otwin

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 188.00

    In this text, the editors analyze the diverse situations that police forces operate under and the challenges that they face in different kinds of democracies. This cross-cultural comparison of various systems highlights the universal observation that police are a anomaly in a democracy and explores how various influences-for example, large-scale social... more...