Policing: Development and Contemporary Practice

A comprehensive introduction to policing in England and Wales, providing you with an in-depth understanding of the challenges and complexities of modern policing and an increased awareness of the history and development of the profession. 

This second edition covers the most pressing debates and issues associated with contemporary policing and examines a range of key topics such as methods of policing, diversity and the police, police accountability, and much more. The new edition includes:

• A new chapter on women in policing
• Expanded content on diversity issues within the police service
• An account of the changes to transnational policing as a result of Brexit
• Reflections on the use of social media by police
• Advice for those wanting to embark on a career in the field.

Written in an introductory way that is ideal for any policing, criminology, or criminal justice student new to police studies.

Peter Joyce is Visiting Professor in Criminology at Wrexham Glyndwr University. He is widely published in Criminology and Politics, specialising in policing and the policing of protest. He served as a member of the Independent Police Ethics Committee in the Greater Manchester Police Force Area between 2014 and 2018. Published works include The Policing of Protest, Disorder and International Terrorism (Palgrave/Macmillan 2016) and Criminal Justice: An Introduction (Routledge, 2017, 3rd edition).

Wendy Laverick is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at The University of Hull. She publishes in the area of equality and diversity within policing, hate crime and transnational crime.  She is the author of Global Injustice and Crime Control (Routledge, 2016), and co-author (with Liz Cain) of The Gender Agenda in an Age of Austerity (Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 2015), The Menopause and the Older Female Police Workforce′ (British Journal of Community Justice, 2019), and (with Peter Joyce) Racial and Religious Hate Crime: The UK from 1945 to Brexit (Palgrave, 2019).  She sits as a member of the NPCC MAG and is the Director of Professional Policing at the University of Hull.