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Policing and Security in Practice: Challenges and Achievements
Tim Prenzler
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Description for Policing and Security in Practice: Challenges and Achievements
Paperback. This volume addresses critical questions about how to achieve the best outcomes from police and security providers by reviewing and critiquing the scientific literature and identifying best practice guidelines. Chapters cover a range of topical issues, including legitimacy, organised crime, public protests and intelligence and investigations. Editor(s): Prenzler, Tim. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 252 pages, 4 black & white tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JKVC; JKVP; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
This volume addresses critical questions about how to achieve the best outcomes from police and security providers by reviewing and critiquing the scientific literature and identifying best practice guidelines. Chapters cover a range of topical issues, including legitimacy, organised crime, public protests and intelligence and investigations.
This volume addresses critical questions about how to achieve the best outcomes from police and security providers by reviewing and critiquing the scientific literature and identifying best practice guidelines. Chapters cover a range of topical issues, including legitimacy, organised crime, public protests and intelligence and investigations.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Crime Prevention and Security Management
Condition
New
Weight
324g
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137574701
SKU
V9781137574701
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Tim Prenzler
TIM PRENZLER is Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, where he manages the 'Integrity Systems' research project. He is also Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith.
Reviews for Policing and Security in Practice: Challenges and Achievements
'A key take away from the book - and from each chapter within it - is the very reason such a book is necessary: there is still a long way to go. While certainly true for policing, this is even truer for security, which at the moment is quite under-researched and under-regulated. The gaps between actual practice and best practice ... Read more