Routledge International Handbook of Police Ethnography

ISBN 10: 0367539373 / ISBN 13: 9780367539375

Published by Routledge, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Routledge International Handbook of Police Ethnography
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367539373
• ISBN 13: 9780367539375
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Ethnography has a long history in the humanities and social sciences and has provided the base line in the field of police studies for over 60 years. We have recently witnessed a resurgence in ethnographic practice among police scholars, and this Handbook is a response to that revival. Students and academics are returning to the ethnography arena and the study of police in situ to explain the evocative worlds of the police. The list of ethnographic sites is vast and all have fed the rejuvenation of ethnographic endeavour. Together they suggest innovation, theoretical depth, broad geographical boundaries, multi-site experiments, and multi-disciplinarity, all of which are central to the exploration of police and policing in the twenty-first century.

This Handbook encapsulates the revival of police ethnography by exploring its multidisciplinary field and cataloguing the ongoing ethnographic work. It offers an original and international contribution to the field of police studies and research methods, providing a comprehensive and overarching guide to police ethnography. We see the previous classics in every page and still note the influence of the early ethnographers. At the same time, we see the innovative breadth and diversity of these narratives. The aim of this Handbook is to highlight the mosaic that is police ethnography at a point in time and note with pleasure its contribution to the field once more. Ethnography may be messy, difficult, and at times uncooperative, but its results offer a unique insight into the perspectives of people and organisations that can hide in plain sight.

An accessible and compelling read, this Handbook will provide a sound and essential reference source for academics, researchers, students, and practitioners engaged in police and criminal justice studies.

About the Author

Jenny Fleming is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Research at the University of Southampton, UK, and Editor-in-Chief of Policing and Society.

Sarah Charman is Professor of Criminology at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice.