This new edition of the Handbook of Policing updates and expands the highly successful first edition, and now includes a completely new chapter on policing and forensics. It provides a comprehensive, but highly readable overview of policing in the UK, and is an essential reference point, combining the expertise of leading academic experts on policing and policing practitioners themselves.
1. Introduction: Understanding Policing Part 1: Policing in Comparative and Historical Perspective 2. Models of Policing 3. Policing Before the Police 4. The Birth and Development of the Police 5. Policing Since 1945 Part 2: The Context of Policing 6. The Pattern of Transnational Policing 7. Plural Policing in the UK: Policing Beyond the Police 8. Policing in Scotland 9. The Police service of Northern Ireland 10. The Police Organisation 11. Police Cultures 12. Police Powers 13. Policing and the Media, Robert Reiner Part 3: Doing Policing 14. Crime Reduction and Community Safety 15. Modern Approaches to Policing: Community, Problem-Oriented and Intelligence-Led 16. 'Interpretation for Action?' Definitions and Potential of Crime Analysis for Policing 17. Criminal Investigation and Crime Control 18. Police Use of Force, Firearms and Riot Control 19. Drugs Policing 20. Policing Fraud and Organised Crime 21. Policing Terror 22. Policing Cybercrime: Emerging Trends and Future Challenges Part 4: Themes and Debates in Policing 23. Policing Ethnic Minority Communities 24. Gender and Policing 25. Policing and Ethics 26. The Accountability of Policing 27. Leadership and Performance Management 28. Policing and Forensic Science 29. Restorative Justice, Victims and the Police 30. Future of Policing
