Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory
and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear …

The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been
completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and …

In this comprehensive study, Jean-Paul Brodeur examines the diversity of the policing web.
Policing agencies such as criminal investigation units, intelligence services, private security …

What does it mean to trust the police? What makes the police legitimate in the eyes of the
policed? What builds trust, legitimacy and cooperation, and what undermines the bond …

This volume introduces readers to regulatory theory. Aimed at practitioners, postgraduate
students and those interested in regulation as a cross-cutting theme in the social sciences …

How has the digital revolution transformed criminal opportunities and behaviour? What is
different about cybercrime compared with traditional criminal activity? What impact might …

Conventionally, crime is regarded principally as harm or wrong and the dominant ordering
practices arise post hoc. In the emerging pre-crime society, crime is conceived essentially as …

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an
authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to …

Public managers can, to a certain extent, choose between various mana-ment paradigms
which are provided by public and business administration scholars and by politicians as …

Security has always been a core function of the modern state. Yet the rise of the Preventive
State captures an intensification of that role as threats to security and demands for public …