Police and Policing: An Introduction

Name: Police and Policing: An Introduction
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Peter Villiers

2009년 2월 · Waterside Press

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An ideal introduction for police recruits, criminal justice practitioners, criminologists and general readers. Written in a clear style and based on the experiences of author Peter Villiers who was for many years a tutor at the National Police Staff College, Bramshill. A convenient handbook for anyone wanting an accessible yet thought-provoking account of a key public institution. Also contains a Glossary of Words, Phrases, Acronyms and Abbreviations and a Timeline.

Covers such key topics as

* The nature and purposes of policing
* A short history
* The original authority of police constables
* Police forces and police authorities
* Detective work
* Squads, teams, units and operations
* Training and leadership
* Crime prevention and crime reduction
* Forensics, science and technology
* Powers of arrest, detention and charge
* Ethics, discipline and integrity
* Common standards and values
* Protection of the public
* Terrorism (including modern-day powers)
* The Serious Organized Crime Agency
* Police community support officers
* Corruption and the use of deception
* Policing in the era of human rights
* Interpol and Europol
* Examples of policing from abroad