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 …

Democratic policing today is a widely used approach to policing not only in Western
societies but increasingly around the world. Yet it is rarely defined and it is little understood …

In this article, we approach world politics through the lens of its manifold practices, which we
define as competent performances. Studying International Relations (IR) from the …

Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and
governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of …

Crime is undergoing a metamorphosis. The online technological revolution has created new
opportunities for a wide variety of crimes which can be perpetrated on an industrial scale …

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

To date, most discussion of security privatization in international politics has been focused
on the role of private military companies and mercenaries. This article seeks to shift the …

Over the past four decades the fear of crime has become an increasingly significant concern
for criminologists, victimologists, policy makers, politicians, police, the media and the …

With the rise of surveillance technology in the last decade, police departments now have an
array of sophisticated tools for tracking, monitoring, even predicting crime patterns. In …

There are already many books in circulation that are able to provide readers with overviews
of the core subject matter of police studies, such as the historical origins and development; …