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Researching the Police in the 21st Century

International Lessons from the Field

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. James Gravelle

    1. University of South Wales, UK

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  2. Colin Rogers

    1. University of South Wales, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Research on Policing: Insights from the Literature

    • Garry Thomas, Colin Rogers, James Gravelle
    Pages 1-19

  3. Researching the Police — Zero Tolerance and Community Safety

    • Colin Rogers
    Pages 20-42

  4. Researching the Police: Personal Insights and Reflections

    • James Gravelle
    Pages 43-82

  5. Research Methodology, Methods and Design

    • Garry Thomas
    Pages 83-116

  6. Collaboration in Crime Prevention Partnerships: Research with a Multilevel Mixed Design

    • Bernhard Frevel
    Pages 117-140

  7. Researching across Nations: The Anglo-American Experience

    • John Foust
    Pages 141-169

  8. Hard to Reach Groups

    • Amanda Milliner
    Pages 170-191

  9. Researching Vulnerable Children, a Multi-agency Perspective

    • Louise Skilling
    Pages 192-207

  10. Summary

    • Colin Rogers
    Pages 208-210

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 211-220
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About this book

This unique collection explores the importance of undertaking police research, using a range of international examples from USA, UK and Germany. Focusing on practical challenges and difficulties, the volume offers solutions and reflections to assist in overcoming the barriers which might be encountered whilst carrying out research of this nature.

Reviews

'This book contributes to the formal research methodology literature by offering actual examples where specific methods have been employed, which provides excellent perspective on why certain methods are beneficial over others.' - Jon M. Shane, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA

'This is an important book which discusses the problems of researching an organisation such as the police. It is a timely and important work given the fact that policing is moving towards a professionalisation based upon the idea of evidence based decision making which is reliant upon sound methodological reasoning'. - Tracey Green, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Australia

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of South Wales, UK

    James Gravelle, Colin Rogers

About the editors

John Foust, Metropolitan Police Department, USA Bernhard Frevel, University of Münster, Germany Amanda Milliner, University of Glamorgan, UK Louise Skilling, Independent Consultant, Kenya Garry Thomas, University of Glamorgan, UK

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