Policing and Security in Practice: Challenges and Achievements (Crime Prevention and Security Management)

. Ed(s): Prenzler, Tim

ISBN 10: 0230300561 / ISBN 13: 9780230300569

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

About this Item

This volume addresses critical questions about how to achieve the best outcomes from police and security providers by reviewing and critiquing the scientific literature and identifying best practice guidelines. Chapters cover a range of topical issues, including legitimacy, organised crime, public protests and intelligence and investigations. Editor(s): Prenzler, Tim. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430. . 2012. 2012th Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Policing and Security in Practice: Challenges and Achievements (Crime Prevention and Security Management)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230300561
• ISBN 13: 9780230300569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume addresses critical questions about how to achieve the best outcomes from police and security providers by reviewing and critiquing the scientific literature and identifying best practice guidelines. Chapters cover a range of topical issues, including legitimacy, organised crime, public protests and intelligence and investigations.

About the Author

TIM PRENZLER is Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, where he manages the 'Integrity Systems' research project. He is also Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith.