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Neighbourhood Policing - Context, Practices And Challenges

by Carina O'Reilly

~~37,09€~~ 33,38€ 10% OFF

 Neighbourhood policing has been called the "cornerstone of British policing" but changing demand, pressures on funding and cyclical political support mean that this approach is under considerable pressure. The book investigates whether this UK model - intended to build confidence and legitimacy - has been successful and assesses its future.
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Neighbourhood Policing - Context, Practices And Challenges

by Carina (University Of Lincoln) O'Reilly

~~41,90€~~ 37,71€ 10% OFF

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 Neighbourhood policing has been called the "cornerstone of British policing" but changing demand, pressures on funding and cyclical political support mean that this approach is under considerable pressure. The book investigates whether this UK model - intended to build confidence and legitimacy - has been successful and assesses its future.
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Practical Psychology For Policing

by Jason Roach

141,76€ + 10% CARD

 As contemporary policing becomes ever more complex, so knowledge of practical psychology becomes ever more important in everyday policing encounters, situations and contexts.This book suggests how new ways of applying psychological knowledge and research can be of benefit in a range of policing contexts, for example, beat patrols, preventing crime and using the self-selection policing approach to uncover serious criminality from less serious offences. Looking forward, Jason Roach suggests how psychological knowledge, research and policing might evolve together, to meet the changing challenges faced by contemporary policing.In encouraging critical thinking and practical application, this book is essential reading for both police practitioners and criminology, policing and psychology students.
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Practical Psychology For Policing

by Jason Roach

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 As contemporary policing becomes ever more complex, so knowledge of practical psychology becomes ever more important in everyday policing encounters, situations and contexts. This book suggests how new ways of applying psychological knowledge and research can be of benefit in a range of policing contexts, for example, beat patrols, preventing crime and using the self-selection policing approach to uncover serious criminality from less serious offences. Looking forward, Jason Roach suggests how psychological knowledge, research and policing might evolve together, to meet the changing challenges faced by contemporary policing. In encouraging critical thinking and practical application, this book is essential reading for both police practitioners and criminology, policing and psychology students.
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Challenges In Mental Health And Policing - Key Themes And Perspectives

by Ian Cummins

141,76€ + 10% CARD

 Police officers deal with mental illness-related incidents on an almost daily basis. Ian Cummins explores how factors such as deinstitutionalisation, community care failings and, more recently, welfare retrenchment policies have led to this situation. He then considers how police officers should be supported by community mental health agencies to make confident and correct decisions, and to ensure that the individuals they encounter receive support from the most appropriate services.Of interest to police researchers and students of criminology and the social sciences, the book examines police officers’ views on mental health work and includes a chapter by a service user.
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Challenges In Mental Health And Policing - Key Themes And Perspectives

by Ian Cummins

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Police officers deal with mental illness-related incidents on an almost daily basis. Ian Cummins explores how factors such as deinstitutionalisation, community care failings and, more recently, welfare retrenchment policies have led to this situation. He then considers how police officers should be supported by community mental health agencies to make confident and correct decisions, and to ensure that the individuals they encounter receive support from the most appropriate services. Of interest to police researchers and students of criminology and the social sciences, the book examines police officers’ views on mental health work and includes a chapter by a service user.
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Police Occupational Culture - Research And Practice

by Tom (Leeds Beckett University) Cockcroft

33,79€ + 10% CARD

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 At a time of close scrutiny of police culture, this is a thorough and accessible study of its impacts on both practitioners and the people they serve. Tom Cockcroftâ€™s evidence-based approach contextualises our understanding of police culture in relation to both contemporary police agendas and wider social change.
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Towards Ethical Policing

by Dominic Wood

124,54€ + 10% CARD

 The fundamental role of police officers in society is under fresh scrutiny in this stimulating book on ethical policing. Through a moral philosophical lens, Wood provides an up-to-date overview of police values and their impact. It is a timely contribution to police debate and essential reading for those studying and leading the profession.
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Towards Ethical Policing

by Dominic Wood

29,14€ + 10% CARD

 With debate about police ethics intensifying, this stimulating book considers afresh the fundamental role of officers and their relations with society.• It is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to ethical policing, taking a moral philosophical perspective to the evidence base and literature on the subject. • Leading contemporary thinker Dominic Wood tackles the ethical issues of policing as a matter of compliance and discipline and reviews them in the context of contemporary challenges in policing and the wider criminal justice framework.• From the parameters of moral policing to the role of human rights and to embedding ethics within police operations, this is a thorough overview of the subject of police ethics and legitimacy, and a springboard for further research and analysis. A timely contribution to discussions about the police and their legitimacy, this is essential reading for all those studying, teaching and leading the profession.
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Critical Perspectives On Police Leadership

by Claire Davis e Marisa Silvestri

124,54€ + 10% CARD

 This is a critical analysis of our understanding of police leadership and a bold new conceptualisation of the subject. Drawing on criminology, sociology and leadership studies and critical theory, leading authors Davis and Silvestri provide a critique of police leadership as a product of social, institutional and historical processes.
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Critical Perspectives On Police Leadership

by Claire Davis e Marisa Silvestri

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 In a critical analysis of conventional understanding, leading authors Claire Davis and Marisa Silvestri present bold new conceptualisations of police leadership. Drawing on empirical research in criminology, sociology and leadership studies, they present a thoughtful critique of the nature and practice of leadership in contemporary policing. The book:- Critically explores the identities of leaders and their positions within wider organisational structures and processes;- Provides a critique of contemporary reform to police professionalisation, training and education, equalities and diversity by situating these developments within wider historical, social and political contexts;- Draws on critical theory to offer an alternative, challenging and novel interpretation of police leaders as not simply the result of individual experiences and attitudes, but of the social, institutional and historical processes of policing and the cultures that exist within it;- Points towards future directions and a reimagining of leadership in the police.Accessible and stimulating, this is an essential text for policing students and valuable reading for current leaders and those interested in policing, criminology and leadership.
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Police Occupational Culture - Research And Practice

by Tom Cockcroft

124,54€ + 10% CARD

 At a time of close scrutiny of police culture, this is a thorough and accessible study of its impacts on both practitioners and the people they serve. Tom Cockcroftâ€™s evidence-based approach contextualises our understanding of police culture in relation to both contemporary police agendas and wider social change.
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Police Occupational Culture - Research And Practice

by Tom Cockcroft

29,14€ + 10% CARD

 At a time of close scrutiny of police culture, this is a thorough and accessible study of its impacts on both practitioners and the people they serve. Tom Cockcroftâ€™s evidence-based approach contextualises our understanding of police culture in relation to both contemporary police agendas and wider social change.
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Policing The Police - Challenges Of Democracy And Accountability

by Michael Rowe

124,54€ + 10% CARD

 Evolving modes of delivery and new technologies are changing the way society holds police officers to account. This much-needed new book from criminology professor Michael Rowe, part of the â€˜Key Themes in Policingâ€™ series, explores issues of governance, discipline and transparency to set out a new agenda for modern-day accountability.
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Key Challenges In Criminal Investigation

by Martin (Canterbury Christ Church University) O'Neill

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 This comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the development and practice of criminal investigation examines decision-making within criminal investigations and links investigative influences on policing with the evidence-based agenda.
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Policing The Police - Challenges Of Democracy And Accountability

by Michael Rowe

31,79€ + 10% CARD

 Evolving modes of delivery and new technologies are changing the way society holds police officers to account. This much-needed new book from criminology professor Michael Rowe, part of the â€˜Key Themes in Policingâ€™ series, explores issues of governance, discipline and transparency to set out a new agenda for modern-day accountability.
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Miscarriages Of Justice - Causes, Consequences And Remedies

by Angus Nurse e Sam Poyser

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 It is crucial for criminal justice practitioners to understand miscarriages of justice. This text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of miscarriages of justice, highlighting difficulties in defining them, examining their dimensions, forms, scale and impact and exploring key cases and their causes.
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Key Challenges In Criminal Investigation

by Martin O'Neill

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 This comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the development and practice of criminal investigation examines decision-making within criminal investigations and links investigative influences on policing with the evidence-based agenda.
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Miscarriages Of Justice - Causes, Consequences And Remedies

by Angus Nurse, Rebecca Milne e Sam Poyser

30,46€ + 10% CARD

 It is crucial for criminal justice practitioners to understand miscarriages of justice. This text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of miscarriages of justice, highlighting difficulties in defining them, examining their dimensions, forms, scale and impact and exploring key cases and their causes.
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Key Challenges In Criminal Investigation

by Martin O'Neill

30,46€ + 10% CARD

 This comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the development and practice of criminal investigation examines decision-making within criminal investigations and links investigative influences on policing with the evidence-based agenda.
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Practical Psychology For Policing

by Jason Roach

40,55€ + 10% CARD

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 This book is the first to explore how psychological knowledge and research can be used to enhance police performance on a range of operational tasks. Each chapter encourages critical reflection followed by suggested further reading.
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Understanding Police Intelligence Work

by Adrian James

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 This is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date account of police intelligence work based on current research, and to assess how intelligence may be used wisely and ethically to influence policing policy and practice.
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Plural Policing - Theory And Practice

by Colin Rogers

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 This book considers the rise of Plural Policing in England and Wales over the past decade or so. It critically analyses this approach and contains examples of practice, both nationally and internationally.
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Understanding The Cost Of Welfare

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 A substantial, authoritative, third edition of this important textbook about the impact of economic priorities and pressures on social policies at a time when neo-liberal arguments for reducing the burden of welfare are more dominant than ever before.
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