Police law & police procedures

The only book to provide comprehensive coverage of the law relating to the regulation of the police, this new edition offers guidance on practice at complaint and misconduct hearings, as well as detailed analysis of the powers of the IPCC and the new Police and Crime Commissioners and coverage of public hearings and new panel composition. Learn More

This book provides an essential and critical overview of the most significant issues concerning the domestication of international criminal law, in particular with regard to the implementation of the ICC Statute. Learn More

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This book analyses the impact of Integrated Offender Management (IOM) on contemporary policing and separates the rhetoric from the reality. Learn More

This book offers a unique and scholarly perspective on a little studied subject: maritime crime and policing. Learn More

Originally published in 1998, this handbook describes the statutes and cases that defined the governance, control and authority of the provincial police forces in England and Wales at the time. Learn More

Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations, Eleventh Edition, meets the needs of students and instructors for engaging, evidence-based, impartial coverage of interventions that can reduce or prevent deviance. Learn More

Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations, Eleventh Edition, meets the needs of students and instructors for engaging, evidence-based, impartial coverage of interventions that can reduce or prevent deviance. Learn More

Blackstone's Senior Investigators' Handbook is aimed at meeting the reference needs of officers who investigate serious, major, and organised crime. It provides step-by-step, easy to understand guidance of all the necessary considerations, procedures, and processes for a Senior Investigating Officer. Learn More

Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field. Learn More

Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field. Learn More

Drawing on six years of ethnographic research, this book critically examines police culture, exploring police behaviours, decision-making and actions. Learn More

Sexuality in the Swedish Police is based on the experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual police officers and the author's observations of police work. The book analyses how processes of exclusion and inclusion of LGB sexuality coexist in the Swedish police. Learn More

First published in 1977, Angel Face documents the penal life of Walter Probyn, who spent 30 out of 44 years in prison and escaped 15 times. Learn More