Advances in Police Theory and Practice
About the Book Series
Presenting volumes that focus on the nexus between research and practice, the Advances in Police Theory and Practice series is geared toward those practitioners and academics seeking to implement the latest innovations in policing from across the world. This series draws from an international community of experts who examine who the police are, what they do, and how they maintain order, administer laws, and serve their communities.
The series editor encourages the contribution of works coauthored by police practitioners and researchers. Proposals for contributions to the series may be submitted to the series editor Dilip Das at [email protected].
Police Education in Brazil and Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Eduardo Cerqueira Batitucci, Paula Poncioni, José Vicente Tavares dos Santos
May 29, 2026
This book discusses police education in Brazil and other countries of Latin America, with a focus on finding ways for police to maintain respect for citizenship and adhere to democratic values. Latin America has been struggling for decades with economic vulnerabilities, extreme social inequality, ...
Policing Hot Spots of Crime
1st Edition
Edited
By David L. Weisburd
March 31, 2026
This volume provides a broad framework for understanding hot spots policing in the context of contributions by Professor David Weisburd, recipient of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his work in this area. The book aims to bring together a wide array of studies that are seldom integrated into...
Policing the Amazon: Why the Rule of Law is Crucial for the Future
1st Edition
Edited
By Vicente Riccio, Guilherme Lopes da Cunha
November 18, 2024
This edited collection discusses the rule of law in the Amazon and the capabilities of the region’s sovereign states to police their territory considering security matters. Comprised of nine countries, including a European Union member, the Amazon region features states facing political instability...
Challenges of Contemporary Policing: Higher Education, Technology, and Officers’ Well-Being
1st Edition
Edited
By Vicente Riccio, Di Jia, Dilip K. Das
October 02, 2024
This edited collection reflects contemporary challenges faced by police forces across the globe and the role of technology in addressing them. The use of science and technology raises questions about ethics, training, the well-being of people, and freedom. New technologies promise to foster police ...
Gender Inclusive Policing: Challenges and Achievements
1st Edition
Edited
By Tim Prenzler
June 23, 2023
Gender Inclusive Policing: Challenges and Achievements is an edited collection focused on current challenges, innovations and positive achievements in gender integration in policing in different subject domains and locations. Comprised of essays by expert contributors from across the globe, the ...
International Responses to Gendered-Based Domestic Violence: Gender-Specific and Socio-Cultural Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Dongling Zhang, Diana Scharff Peterson
March 23, 2023
This edited volume represents a joint effort by international experts to analyze the prevalence and nature of gender-based domestic violence across the globe and how it is dealt with at both national and international levels. With studies being conducted in 20 different countries and 4 distinct ...
Exploring Contemporary Police Challenges: A Global Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskály, Christopher M. Donner, Irena Cajner Mraović, Dilip K. Das
December 30, 2022
Policing in the 21st century is becoming increasingly complicated as economic, political, social, and legal circumstances continue to compel police organizations to evolve. To illustrate the complexity of policing in the 21st century and cover themes common to police organizations around the world,...
Translational Criminology in Policing
1st Edition
Edited
By The George Mason Police Research Group with David Weisburd
May 19, 2022
With contributions from international policing experts, this book is the first of its kind to bring together a broad range of scholarship on translational criminology and policing. Translational criminology aims to understand the obstacles and facilitators to implementing research by decisionmakers...
Police Behavior, Hiring, and Crime Fighting: An International View
1st Edition
Edited
By John A. Eterno, Ben Stickle, Diana Scharff Peterson, Dilip K. Das
September 28, 2021
This edited collection by internationally recognized authors provides essays on police behavior in the categories of police administration, police operations, and combating specific crimes. Individual chapters strike at critical issues for police today, such as maintaining the well-being of ...
Women in Policing around the World: Doing Gender and Policing in a Gendered Organization
1st Edition
By Venessa Garcia
March 25, 2021
Women in Policing around the World is a historical, legal, political, and social examination of women in policing. The book opens with a comparison of cultural definitions of gender and how this affects women’s work in general and policing specifically. The book then takes the reader through women ...
Policing in France
1st Edition
Edited
By Jacques de Maillard, Wesley Skogan
August 03, 2020
The eminent contributors to a new collection, Policing in France, provide an updated and realistic picture of how the French police system really works in the 21st century. In most international comparisons, France typifies the "Napoleonic" model for policing, one featuring administrative and ...
Policing and the Mentally Ill: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Duncan Chappell
February 17, 2020
In countries with democratic traditions, police interactions with the mentally ill are usually guided by legislative mandates giving police discretion and possibly resulting in referrals for assistance and treatment. But all too frequently, the outcome of these interactions is far less therapeutic ...