Routledge Advances in Police Practice and Knowledge
About the Book Series
Routledge Advances in Police Practice and Knowledge is a new series of books which will bring together established academics and authors in the field of police studies to provide themed text books aimed at supporting students engaging with police studies within higher education. The focus of the series is to provide academically rigorous accounts of research and knowledge and to contextualise them in the practical and applied context of policework. In doing so, the books that make up the series will provide an invaluable resource to students studying policing through a variety of academic and vocational routes.
The Editors, Dr Tom Cockcroft and Dr Martin Wright dedicate this series to the memory of Professor PAJ (Tank) Waddington who believed policing to be an honourable profession, and whose career’s work embodied the values that inform the direction of the series.
Policing and The Media: Representations of the Police in News, Television Police Drama, Documentaries and Beyond
1st Edition
By Marianne Colbran
April 22, 2026
What do you think of when you think of the police? Bobbies on the beat? Or perhaps bleaker images of police brutality such as the murder of George Floyd by a serving police officer? For most people, the media are the main source of information about the police. For that reason, being represented ...
Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing
2nd Edition
By Stuart Kirby, Scott Keay
February 26, 2026
The use of criminal intelligence remains a significant area of growth, especially across the wider “policing” arena. This book offers an accessible and critical account of how intelligence analysis can improve policing and law enforcement. This second edition has been updated with new research and ...
Policing the Crowd
1st Edition
By Clifford Stott, Edward R. Maguire
February 25, 2026
Crowds are among the most visible expressions of democracy – whether in celebration, protest, or tragedy – but they are also moments of tension, where rights, safety, and authority collide. This book explores how societies manage these critical encounters. Drawing on dramatic case studies from ...
Wellbeing in Policing
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Hesketh
February 05, 2026
Health and wellbeing at work is now a strategic issue for police organisations not just in the UK but across the developed world. This book provides insight into the issues that police organisations need to consider within this strategy. The purpose of this book is to collate current thinking from ...
Policing Ethically
1st Edition
By Clive Harfield, Allyson Macvean
June 27, 2025
At a time when much in UK policing is the subject of intense public and media scrutiny, there prevails a practitioner discourse about policing ethically that is ongoing formally in police ethics committee discussions, and probably informally in station offices, canteens, classrooms, and police ...
Crime, Science and Policing
1st Edition
By Gloria Laycock
November 17, 2023
This book offers an introduction to crime science; it is specifically for police and security professionals. Written by one of the founders of crime science and an expert in crime reduction, it considers the unique characteristics of the approach, its applicability to the control of crime, disorder...
Policing Domestic Abuse: Risk, Policy, and Practice
1st Edition
By Katy Barrow-Grint, Jacqueline Sebire, Jackie Turton, Ruth Weir
November 01, 2022
This book is dedicated to improving the practice of the policing of domestic abuse. Its objective is to help inform those working in policing about the dynamics of how domestic abuse occurs, how best to respond to and investigate it, and in the longer term how to prevent it. Divided into thematic ...
Criminology for the Police
1st Edition
By Craig Paterson, Ed Pollock
May 03, 2022
This book offers an applied approach to criminology suitable for prospective police officers. It covers the fundamentals of criminological knowledge, theory and research, and their relevance to policing. The book is split into two parts, the first introducing the basics of criminology, and the ...
Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing
1st Edition
By Stuart Kirby, Scott Keay
June 09, 2021
This book explains how improvements in intelligence analysis can bene!t policing. Written by experts with experience in police higher education and professional practice, this accessible text provides students with both practical knowledge and a critical understanding of the subject. The book is ...
Policing Structures
1st Edition
By Colin Rogers
October 21, 2020
This book examines the structures that support the policing organisation internally and externally, including its partners within the criminal justice system. It has been written for students of policing, especially those undertaking qualifications under the new Police Education Qualifications ...