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Policing Practices and Vulnerable People

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Guides guide students through the conceptual and practical issues of managing vulnerability in policing?Covers key concepts, case studies, views from the frontline, further reading and activities.
  • Brings together research, police education and police practice

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Framing Vulnerability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Vulnerability and Policing Practices

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 3-16
    3. Conceptual Understandings of Vulnerability

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 17-34
    4. Politics, Policies, and Practices of Vulnerable People Policing

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 35-50
    5. Public Health Models of Vulnerability

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 51-65
  3. Vulnerability in Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Community Engagement

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 69-84
    3. Working with Vulnerable Offenders

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 85-106
    4. Interviewing Vulnerable People

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 107-127
    5. Police Liaison

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 129-146
  4. Critical Vulnerability Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Southernising Vulnerability

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 149-164
    3. Police Vulnerability

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 165-181
    4. Targeted Violence

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 183-201
    5. Public Order Policing

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 203-219
    6. Coda on COVID-19: Reframing Vulnerability: Policing Pandemics, Protests, and Disasters

      • Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
      Pages 221-232
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 233-263

About this book

This textbook addresses existing gaps in police research, education, and training, and provides guidance on how to respond to and address the vulnerability that arises in policing practice. It guides students through the conceptual and also the practical issues of managing vulnerability in policing with case studies and practitioners’ views from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the US, Canada, France, and beyond to the Maldives, China, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It includes key concepts, views from the front-line, further reading and activities in each chapter.  Policing Practices and Vulnerable People is aimed at researchers and practitioners working with police. While focussed on democratic policing practices, this book includes case studies and practitioners’ views from a wide range of approaches, including those from the Global South. This book provides readers with a framework that can assist them in converting conceptual knowledge to critical, ethical policing practice.




Authors and Affiliations

  • Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

    Nicole L. Asquith, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron

About the authors

Professor Nicole L Asquith is the Professor of Policing and Emergency Management, and Director of the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Nicole has worked for and with policing services for over 25 years, primarily in relation to hate crime, sexual violence, and DFV victimisation.




Dr Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, and a Senior Researcher at the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, Australia. She is an award-winning police educator, and coordinates the Tasmania Police Recruit Course for the University, within which she teaches on police interactions with vulnerable people.    


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Buy it now

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eBook USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 64.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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