Emergency services

Policing is a dynamic profession with increasing demands and complexities placed upon the police officers and staff who provide a 24-hour service across a diverse range of communities.

Conflicts that arise in voluntary organizations present special challenges, particularly due to the voluntary nature of the work.

This fully updated and expanded second edition of Policing Scotland takes account of recent developments in Scottish policing and criminal justice against the backdrop of a dynamic political landscape and looming fiscal constraints in public services.

Easy-to-read and practical, this text uses a survey approach and numerous examples to illustrate interviewing skills and techniques.

In Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, Dr.

Ethnography has a long history in the humanities and social sciences and has provided the base line in the field of police studies for over 60 years.

As police work has become increasingly professionalized, classrooms have become a preferred environment for training.

Natural disasters.

Das Sonderfahrrecht von Einsatzfahrzeugen, das die Einsatzkräfte unter bestimmten Bedingungen von der Straßenverkehrsordnung befreit, ist nur ein Beispiel dafür, dass sich die Feuerwehr bei Einsatzfahrten häufig innerhalb von umfangreichen und komplexen Gesetzesgrundlagen bewegt.

Die medizinische Notfallversorgung in Deutschland besteht aus mehreren Bausteinen, die eine bestmögliche Versorgung der betroffenen Personen sicherstellen soll.

Since the publication of the extremely well regarded first edition of this title, the legal regime which forms the basis for INTERPOL has changed significantly due to increasing criticism and calls for reform.

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 Administration (VAPA).

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging interdisciplinary field of critical forensic studies.

This book uncovers the influence of racial and prejudicial stereotyping during police investigation of suspects from stigmatised communities.

Sykes' The Society of Captives has stood as a classic of modern penology for nearly 60 years.

Bringing together an international group of authors, this book addresses the important issues lying at the intersection between urban space, on the one hand, and incivilities and urban harm, on the other.

This book critically assesses legal frameworks involving the bulk processing of personal data, initially collected by the private sector, to predict and prevent crime through advanced profiling technologies.

Providing a comparative analysis of both vulnerable witnesses and vulnerable suspects, this book discusses the increasingly difficult issue faced by many in modern policing, forensic psychology, criminology, and social justice studies.

The police rely heavily on paid and unpaid informers: without them clear-up rates would plummet, and many crimes would remain undetected.

Crime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics.

This study of police governance draws on over ninety interviews conducted with Argentine police officers.

Teamfähigkeit und Sozialkompetenz sind grundlegende Werte, die Einsatzkräfte von Feuerwehren und anderen Hilfsorganisationen erfüllen sollten.

This book is about the increasing significance of DNA profiling for crime investigation in modern society.

The mafia is the impenetrable and seemingly infallible embodiment of notoriety and criminality.

Policing the Borders Within offers an in-depth, comprehensive exploration of the everyday working of inland border controls in Britain, informed by extensive empirical material viewed through the lens of wide-ranging interdisciplinary debates.

Security Sector Reform (SSR) remains a key feature of peacebuilding interventions and is usually undertaken by a state alongside national and international partners.

Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Globe, Volume Five, is based on the premise that police officials have a wealth of experience that can make significant contributions to our understanding of the prospects and problems of policing today.

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A riveting ride along the knife edge of life and death from a frontline worker in one of our most crucial professions.

This volume results from the "e;Second International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters"e; held in Kalamata, Greece, June 29-July 2, 2015.

This book is a kind of ';travel down the memory lane' of the author putting pen to paper, urged to do so by his numerous friends and admirers.

Police culture has for over half a century attracted interest from academics, students, policy-makers, police institutions and the general public.

Die Kommunikation im Notrufdialog unterscheidet sich in vielen Punkten von der Alltagskommunikation.

Policing and police practices have changed dramatically since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and those changes have accelerated since the summer of 2014 and the death of Michael Brown at the hands of then-police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.

Hochwasserereignisse, wie beispielsweise im Harz 2017 oder in Nordrhein-Westfalen und Rheinland-Pfalz im Juli 2021, können nahegelegene Städte und Wohnsiedlungen schwer in Mitleidenschaft ziehen.

Few of the many defensive tactics books on the market include the training and methods of martial arts.

The examination of handwriting and signatures has a long and established history as a forensic discipline.

This book gathers contributions highlighting the role of women in science, with a focus on health and disease.

At the beginning of Jenny Hilton's 34 years in the Metropolitan Police, women constituted less than 1% of the force.

Examining how international criminal law hasand hasn'tbrought justice following war crimes in AfricaEver since World War II, the United Nations and other international actors have created laws, treaties, and institutions to punish perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Since the 9.

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

Written by a veteran police officer turned college professor, this modern-day study of American policing covers hot-button issues including police use of deadly force against and bias toward minorities.

This book helps adults to understand firesetting behaviour in children and teens and provides strategies to work with them to address the behaviour.

Police citizen encounters do not occur in a vacuum.

Raccoons are not the only bandits wearing masks in the wilderness.

Hijackings and bombings have plagued civil aviation since 1930 and air rage incidents are on the rise.