Overview
- Examines the purpose of policing in contemporary society, with rapidly changing policing challenges
- Connects theory to the reality of practice
- Discusses how policing methods in technology, data analytics and forensic science can be used to address new policing challenges
Part of the book series: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies (PCPS)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
James Nolan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at West Virginia University, USA. His recent research focuses on neighborhood dynamics and policing.
Frank Crispino is Director of the Forensic Science Research Group at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada, and regular researcher of the International Center for Comparative Criminology.
Timothy Parsons is Visiting Lecturer in Police Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He served 30 years with the City of London Police and has lectured on the topics of policing, police reform, Islamism and violent extremism in 25 countries advising both police forces and national governments.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Policing in an Age of Reform
Book Subtitle: An Agenda for Research and Practice
Editors: James J. Nolan, Frank Crispino, Timothy Parsons
Series Title: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56765-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56764-4Published: 08 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56767-5Published: 09 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56765-1Published: 07 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2730-535X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-5368
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 279
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Policing, Science and Technology Studies, Crime Prevention, Crime and Society, Violence and Crime, Forensic Science