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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974468303321

Autore

Villiers Peter

Titolo

Police and policing : an introduction / / Peter Villiers ; preface Sir Hugh Orde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sherfield on Loddon, U.K., : Waterside Press

Portland, Or., USA, : North American distributor, International Specialised Book Services, 2009

ISBN

9786611993610

9781281993618

1281993611

9781906534752

1906534756

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

363.20941

Soggetti

Police administration

Police

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Putting justice into words -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- The Purposes of Policing -- A Short History of Policing -- Police Organization: Identity and Control -- Police Leadership and Management -- Police Leadership in the 21st Century -- Police Work -- Crime Prevention and Crime Detection -- Terrorism -- Regulating Police Behaviour: Ethics, Discipline and Human Rights -- Policing and the Future -- Glossary of Words, Phrases, Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Timeline -- References -- Index -- Back cover.

Sommario/riassunto

An ideal introduction for police recruits, criminal justice practitioners, criminologists and general readers. Written in a clear style and based on the experiences of author Peter Villiers who was for many years a tutor at the National Police Staff College.