Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing

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 material offering inventive modes of critical thinking, including both practical knowledge and an evaluative understanding of the applications and risks associated with intelligence. Some of the key features of the book include:

• Advances in theories of intelligence analysis
• Critical evaluation of intelligence sources
• Recommendations to improve practice
• Leadership and management approaches in intelligence-led policing
• Strategic applications of intelligence for crime reduction
• Technological innovation and data science integration in intelligence work
• Future-focused, offering new ideas to develop policy and practice

This volume is aimed at students and scholars of law enforcement intelligence studies, policing, and criminology. It will also be a useful resource for policymakers as well as practitioners in a range of law enforcement settings.

Stuart Kirby is a Chartered Psychologist who previously served as a Detective Chief Superintendent (Lancashire, UK), with responsibility for Intelligence, Forensic, Major Crime, Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism. On retirement from the police he became an academic and is now Emeritus Professor in Policing at the University of Lancashire.

Scott Keay is a senior lecturer in Policing at Edge Hill University (UK). He is a former intelligence analyst and worked in various analytical roles from criminal intelligence through to community safety and partnership intelligence. His research continues to develop and support crime and intelligence analysis.