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].
Security in Post-Conflict Africa: The Role of Nonstate Policing
1st Edition
By Bruce Baker
June 13, 2017
Policing is undergoing rapid change in Africa as a result of democratization, the commercialization of security, conflicts that disrupt policing services, and peace negotiations among former adversaries. These factors combined with the inability of Africa’s state police to provide adequate ...
Police Reform in China
1st Edition
By Kam C. Wong
May 24, 2017
With nearly 20 percent of the world’s population located in China, what happens there is significant to all nations. Sweeping changes have altered the cultural landscape of China, and as opportunities for wealth have grown in recent years, so have opportunities for crime. Police Reform in China ...
The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation
1st Edition
By John A. Eterno, Eli B. Silverman
January 20, 2012
In the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data, crime analysis, and advanced crime mapping coupled with middle management accountability and crime strategy meetings with high-ranking decision makers. While initially credited...
Mission-Based Policing
1st Edition
By John Crank, Dawn M. Irlbeck, Rebecca K. Murray, Mark Sundermeier
September 08, 2011
The research revolution in police work has uncovered a multitude of data, but this contemporary knowledge has done very little to change the way things are done in most police departments across the U.S., where the prevalent form of policing is based on the traditional model of district assignments...
The New Khaki: The Evolving Nature of Policing in India
1st Edition
By Arvind Verma
January 07, 2011
In a democratic society, police are expected to be accountable to the people they serve, upholding the rights of citizens and following due process. In India, however, political pressure in the competitive electoral arena forces the police to adopt questionable means and dubious strategies. As a ...