Policing in Context

An Introduction to Police Work in Australia
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-556106-7
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Policing in Context introduces students to the diverse roles, duties, powers and problems of policing in Australia. The book approaches policing in Australia in three key sections. The first section comprises four chapters that cover the basic knowledge needed for understanding the history, context and structure of policing in Australia. the second section provides description of the core skills, tasks and operations of police work. In the final section, chapters cover and reflect on contemporary and emerging issues faced by police.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Broadhurst, Roderic

Davies, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Polizeitechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- 1: Introduction

- 2: Histories of Policing (Dean Wilson)

- 3: Eras of Policing (Loraine Mazerolle and Jacqueline Drew)

- 4: Organization and Management of Police (Geoff Dean and Colin Thorne)

- 5: Police Power and Duties

- 6: Oversight, Integrity and Ethics (Sharon Hayes and Mark Lauchs)

- 7: Process of Investigations (Colin Thorne and Nicholas Chantler)

- 8: Intelligence Led Policing (Nicholas Channtler and Colin Thorne)

- 9: Policing Indigenous Peoples (Samantha Jeffries and Colin Dillon)

- 10: Policing Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Communities (Adrian Cherney and Eric Wing Hong Chui)

- 11: Policing Transnational Crime (Sara E. Davies)

- 12: The International Deployment Group (Alex Bellamy)

- References

- Index