Introduction to Policing

This fully revised edition of the popular textbook, Introduction to Policing, combines a lucid and engaging writing style with comprehensive coverage of the key issues that surround Policing. Thoroughly updated to take account of recent changes in policy, this book covers everything students need to excel at their studies. It includes:

• A whole new chapter on ′Global and Transnational Policing′ rich in comparative examples, keeping students in the loop with international developments in the field
• A new chapter on ′Criminal Investigation′, offering a complete overview of the criminal investigation process, and a concluding chapter tying together the book′s themes
• A full companion website incorporating lecturer resources, links to related websites, expanded case studies and links to relevant journal articles

Written with flair and enthusiasm, the text is rich in helpful learning features from key terms, learning objectives and chapter summaries, to self-check questions, annotated further reading, text boxes and a glossary.

Professor Michael Rowe′s research interests have tended to focus on accountability and governance in policing, and the changing organisation and delivery of policing in relation to diversity, professionalisation, the application of Evidence Based Policing and the challenges of policing in a digital age. A recent project has explored the changing nature of visible policing in relation to the impact of police buildings, material culture and social media on public perceptions of legitimacy and authority, as well as on police officer and staff professional culture and identity. Other projects have examined innovative police responses to domestic violence, organisational and cultural change in the policing of adult sexual assault investigations and the ethical and governance challenges of using scientific research and AI technology in contemporary policing.  He is currently developing work exploring the policing of Anthropocentric climate change.

He has published widely on these and related matters in the British Journal of Criminology, Policing and Society, Public Management Review, the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Criminology and Criminal Justice and many other journals. His books include Policing the Police (Policy Press, 2020) and Accountability in Policing: Contemporary Debates (Routledge, 2015, edited with Stuart Lister) and Introduction to Policing (Sage, 2018, third edition). He is editor of the International Journal of Police Science and Management.