Emergency services

The authors provide stepping stones for rural and small-town agencies to make the organizational changes needed for community policing to take hold.

This book of original essays presents controversial topics, then encourages the readers to consider what they think ought to be done.

This book of original essays presents controversial topics, then encourages the readers to consider what they think ought to be done.

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

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

Police culture has been widely criticized as a source of resistance to change and reform, and is often misunderstood.

Police culture has been widely criticized as a source of resistance to change and reform, and is often misunderstood.

The approach that should be used by law enforcement officers in order to safely and effectively enter a room is a point of contention among many police trainers.

The approach that should be used by law enforcement officers in order to safely and effectively enter a room is a point of contention among many police trainers.

This introductory text provides a thorough overview of the private security system.

This introductory text provides a thorough overview of the private security system.

What is intelligence-led policing?

What is intelligence-led policing?

This book deals with both actual and potential terrorist attacks on the United States as well as natural disaster preparedness and management in the current era of global climate change.

This book deals with both actual and potential terrorist attacks on the United States as well as natural disaster preparedness and management in the current era of global climate change.

This book provides the most current and comprehensive overview available today of the critical role of information systems in emergency response and preparedness.

This book provides the most current and comprehensive overview available today of the critical role of information systems in emergency response and preparedness.

This is the first concise introduction to emergency management, the emerging profession that deals with disasters from floods and earthquakes to terrorist attacks.

This is the first concise introduction to emergency management, the emerging profession that deals with disasters from floods and earthquakes to terrorist attacks.

How a largely Latino/a workforce of immigration agents reconciles the moral ambiguities of its workImmigration agents have a frontline view of the racial, economic, and legal inequalities that undocumented migration reflectsand yet most agents do not think of the role their jobs play in those inequalities.

What role do their respective police systems play in the very different crime rates of Japan and the United States?

What role do their respective police systems play in the very different crime rates of Japan and the United States?

In a contemporary setting of increasing social division and marginalisation, Policing Hate Crime interrogates the complexities of prejudice motivated crime and effective policing practices.

The role of the policeman in the community and attitudes towards the police are now matters of active public concern.

The role of the policeman in the community and attitudes towards the police are now matters of active public concern.

This edited volume analyses the global making of security institutions and practices in our postcolonial world.

This edited volume analyses the global making of security institutions and practices in our postcolonial world.

This book considers contemporary international interventions with a specific focus on analyzing the frameworks that have guided recent peacekeeping operations led by the United Nations.

Drawing on unique longitudinal community-level data in Brisbane, this book entwines current ecological theories of crime with key debates on the relevance of 'community' in contemporary urban life to examine the spatial and temporal relationships between community structure, community social capital, informal social control and the occurrence of crime and disorder.

Drawing on unique longitudinal community-level data in Brisbane, this book entwines current ecological theories of crime with key debates on the relevance of 'community' in contemporary urban life to examine the spatial and temporal relationships between community structure, community social capital, informal social control and the occurrence of crime and disorder.

Understanding the politics of security in city-regions is increasingly important for the study of contemporary policing.

In the UK and elsewhere, restorative justice and policing are core components of a range of university programmes; however, currently no such text exists on the intersection of these two areas of study.

In the UK and elsewhere, restorative justice and policing are core components of a range of university programmes; however, currently no such text exists on the intersection of these two areas of study.

Although public safety agencies protect our well-being, they also shape social problems and community inequities.

Although public safety agencies protect our well-being, they also shape social problems and community inequities.

This in-depth case study of a mid-sized police department captures the dynamics, struggles, and successes of police change, revealing the positive organizational and community outcomes that resulted from a persistent drive to reinvent public safety and community relationships.

This in-depth case study of a mid-sized police department captures the dynamics, struggles, and successes of police change, revealing the positive organizational and community outcomes that resulted from a persistent drive to reinvent public safety and community relationships.

The contribution of psychological research to the prevention of miscarriages of justice and the development of effective investigative techniques is now established to a point where law enforcement agencies in numerous countries either employ psychologists as part of their staff, or work in cooperation with academic institutions.

The contribution of psychological research to the prevention of miscarriages of justice and the development of effective investigative techniques is now established to a point where law enforcement agencies in numerous countries either employ psychologists as part of their staff, or work in cooperation with academic institutions.

Policing in South Africa has gained notoriety through its extensive history of oppressive law enforcement.

Policing in South Africa has gained notoriety through its extensive history of oppressive law enforcement.

The Crisis Management Cycle is the first holistic, multidisciplinary introduction to the dynamic field of crisis management theory and practice.

This compilation represents the first study to examine the historical evolution and shifting global dynamics of policing across the Lusophone community.

This compilation represents the first study to examine the historical evolution and shifting global dynamics of policing across the Lusophone community.

Frankfurt am Main, in common with other imperial German cities, enjoyed a large degree of legal autonomy during the early modern period, and produced a unique and rich body of criminal archives.

Frankfurt am Main, in common with other imperial German cities, enjoyed a large degree of legal autonomy during the early modern period, and produced a unique and rich body of criminal archives.

Using the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a case study, this book focuses on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and develops the concept of resilience and how it applies to Homeland Security in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to hit the United States.

Using the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a case study, this book focuses on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and develops the concept of resilience and how it applies to Homeland Security in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to hit the United States.

The ways in which organizations make use of information available to them to make decisions and manage activity is an essential topic of investigation for human factors.

The ways in which organizations make use of information available to them to make decisions and manage activity is an essential topic of investigation for human factors.