This book explores how predictive policing transforms police work. Police departments
around the world have started to use data-driven applications to produce crime forecasts …

Crime is an expensive aspect of society, and each year huge amounts of public money are
spent on the courts, police, probation services, and prisons, while the human costs in terms …

Este libro surge como resultado de dos inquietudes distintas. Por un lado, el interés en
explicar la criminología (e intentar aclarar en qué se diferencia de la «criminalística») de …

Citizens' opinions of the police are important indicators of how well the police are performing
their duties and can help to shape police practice as well as public policy. However, little …

The delivery of policing–whether in the form of 'force'or 'service'–should not be greatly
inferior for some social groups than others. And yet, the research evidence shows that, in …

Evidence-based policing is one of the latest attempts to change what the police do and how
they do it. Within this context the craft of policing is acknowledged but generally …

This paper briefly reviews the changing usage of the concept of police culture in studies of
policing. It argues that what are regarded as the early classic studies in the field (which …

The purpose of this chapter is to map some of the most salient developments in
transnational policing, to locate and explain their causes and to identify current trends and …

In this book, you will examine the moral and ethical issues that exist within law enforcement.
This book will also familiarize you with the basic history, principles, and theories of ethics …

This article examines a recent history of criminal justice reform to responses to the
investigation of rape offences. Beginning with a selective overview of the professional …