Policing Books

New and Published Books

1. Understanding the Modern Russian Police

   By Olga B. Semukhina, Kenneth Michael Reynolds

   Understanding the Modern Russian Police represents the culmination of ten years of research and an ongoing partnership between the Volgograd Academy of Russian Internal Affairs Ministry (VA MVD) and the Volgograd branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by CRC Press
2. Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems

   Policing, Judiciary, and Corrections, Third Edition

   Edited by Obi N. I. Ebbe

   Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems: Policing, Judiciary, and Corrections, Third Edition examines the history, dynamics, structure, organization, and processes in the criminal justice systems in a number of selected countries. Designed for courses in comparative criminal justice...

   Published May 12th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Investigating Computer-Related Crime, Second Edition

   By Peter Stephenson, Keith Gilbert

   Since the last edition of this book was written more than a decade ago, cybercrime has evolved. Motives have not changed, but new means and opportunities have arisen with the advancement of the digital age. Investigating Computer-Related Crime: Second Edition incorporates the results of research...

   Published April 18th 2013 by CRC Press
4. Stop and Search

   Police Power in Global Context

   Edited by Leanne Weber, Ben Bowling

   Police powers to stop, question and search people in public places, and the way these powers are exercised, is a contentious aspect of police-community relations, and a key issue for criminological and policing scholarship, and for public debate about liberty and security more generally. Whilst...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. Racial Profiling

   They Stopped Me Because I'm ------------!

   By Michael L. Birzer

   Many racial minority communities claim profiling occurs frequently in their neighborhoods. Police authorities, for the most part, deny that they engage in racially biased police tactics. A handful of books have been published on the topic, but they tend to offer only anecdotal reports offering...

   Published November 13th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Protection, Security, and Safeguards

   Practical Approaches and Perspectives, Second Edition

   Edited by Dale L. June

   Much has changed on the security landscape since the last edition of this book was published in 2000. Today’s security personnel face greater demands than ever before and are expected to be more highly trained and educated. Updated to reflect the heightened security climate of the current age,...

   Published October 4th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Police Performance Appraisals

   A Comparative Perspective

   By Serdar Kenan Gul, Paul O'Connell

   Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

   Police performance appraisal is one of the most important components of law enforcement management—affecting the quality of the services a department delivers as well as the satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, it is crucial that the performance appraisal process is conducted in an effective...

   Published September 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
8. Investigating Missing Children Cases

   A Guide for First Responders and Investigators

   By Donald F. Sprague

   Time is an abducted child’s worst enemy. Seventy-four percent of abducted children who are murdered are killed within three hours of their abduction. It takes, on the average, two hours for a parent to report a child missing. This gives responders only one hour to get an investigation up and...

   Published September 17th 2012 by CRC Press
9. Policing in an Age of Austerity

   A postcolonial perspective

   By Graham Ellison, Mike Brogden

   Policing in an Age of Austerity uniquely examines the effects on one key public service: the state police of England and Wales. Focusing on the major cut-backs in its resources, both in material and in labour, it details the extent and effects of that drastic reduction in provision together with...

   Published August 20th 2012 by Routledge
10. Los Angeles Police Department Meltdown

    The Fall of the Professional-Reform Model of Policing

    By James Lasley

    Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

    Once considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers’ acquittal in 1992. Unique to the literature of policing,...

    Published August 7th 2012 by CRC Press