Policing

Development and Contemporary Practice

Peter Joyce author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd

Published:20th Oct '10

Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 5th April 2025, but could change

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This lively and comprehensive text combines an overview of the historical development of policing in the UK, with discussion of current debates and practice. It provides a global and comparative context, in order to shed light on contemporary issues.

The book equips students with an in-depth understanding of the challenges and complexities of modern policing, including:

" the relationship between the police and other criminal justice agencies

" styles and approaches in practice

" how to police political violence

" diversity and the police

" police accountability

Featuring chapter summaries, case studies, study questions, an expansive glossary and a date chart listing significant events, the book is easy to use and helps students to reflect upon key themes. It is essential reading for criminology, criminal justice and policing undergraduates.

This book is a clearly written account of the progress of policing in the United Kingdom, a welcome and unfettered approach to the subject
The Criminal Lawyer

ISBN: 9781847874603

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 470g

272 pages