Philip Birch is Associate Professor of Criminology and Policing in the Centre for Law and Justice at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Michael Kennedy has been a senior lecturer in the Western Sydney University Bachelor of Policing programme since 2004.Erin Kruger is a lecturer in criminology and policing at Western Sydney University.

"Birch, Kennedy and Kruger provide a well-balanced book in terms of theory and its integration to the real world of policing. This book serves an incredibly important purpose of not only supporting those who work in the field, but by providing academic institutions that teach policing, law enforcement and public safety courses a useful and meaningful text. It is an essential read for anyone involved in or who has an interest in the field of policing, especially in Australia."Commissioner Michael Fuller APM, New South Wales Police Force, Australia

• 1.Police Education in Australia 2.Becoming a pracademic: The importance of lifelong learning as a police officer in the 21st Century 3.Police Leadership in the 21st Century 4.The Incorporation of Multidisciplinary Approaches to Enhance Police Communication Strategies 5.A Critical Social Justice Issue of Our Time: Enabling Police Wellbeing 6.Ethics and Police Practice 7.Discretion: the elephant in the room 8.Criminal Intelligence in Australia 9.Investigative Interviewing and Police Practice 10.Forensic Science in Policing 11.Police use of force: An examination of Australian Policing 12.Working with Others: Future Policing Partnerships 13.Policing and Security: critiquing the privatisation story in Australia 14.Police, Media, and the Digital age in Australia 15.Public health and its interface with police practice in the 21st century 16.Emergency Management and the role of state police 17.Community Safety, Crime Prevention, and 21st Century policing 18.Terrorism and the role of State Police 19.Organised and Transnational Crime: The impact on Australian police 20.Policing Cybercrime: An Inside Look at Private and Public Cybercrime Investigations 21.Australian Police Officers and International Policing Practice 22.Mental Health and the Policing Context 23.Young people, the Police, and Policing 24.Policing Settler Colonial Societies 25.Hate Crime: Insights into the context, setting, and prevalence 26.Policing Interpersonal Violence 27.Policing Domestic and Family Violence 28.Police interaction with vulnerable victims

Philip Birch is Associate Professor of Criminology and Policing in the Centre for Law and Justice at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Michael Kennedy has been a senior lecturer in the Western Sydney University Bachelor of Policing programme since 2004.Erin Kruger is a lecturer in criminology and policing at Western Sydney University.

"Birch, Kennedy and Kruger provide a well-balanced book in terms of theory and its integration to the real world of policing. This book serves an incredibly important purpose of not only supporting those who work in the field, but by providing academic institutions that teach policing, law enforcement and public safety courses a useful and meaningful text. It is an essential read for anyone involved in or who has an interest in the field of policing, especially in Australia."Commissioner Michael Fuller APM, New South Wales Police Force, Australia

• 1.Police Education in Australia 2.Becoming a pracademic: The importance of lifelong learning as a police officer in the 21st Century 3.Police Leadership in the 21st Century 4.The Incorporation of Multidisciplinary Approaches to Enhance Police Communication Strategies 5.A Critical Social Justice Issue of Our Time: Enabling Police Wellbeing 6.Ethics and Police Practice 7.Discretion: the elephant in the room 8.Criminal Intelligence in Australia 9.Investigative Interviewing and Police Practice 10.Forensic Science in Policing 11.Police use of force: An examination of Australian Policing 12.Working with Others: Future Policing Partnerships 13.Policing and Security: critiquing the privatisation story in Australia 14.Police, Media, and the Digital age in Australia 15.Public health and its interface with police practice in the 21st century 16.Emergency Management and the role of state police 17.Community Safety, Crime Prevention, and 21st Century policing 18.Terrorism and the role of State Police 19.Organised and Transnational Crime: The impact on Australian police 20.Policing Cybercrime: An Inside Look at Private and Public Cybercrime Investigations 21.Australian Police Officers and International Policing Practice 22.Mental Health and the Policing Context 23.Young people, the Police, and Policing 24.Policing Settler Colonial Societies 25.Hate Crime: Insights into the context, setting, and prevalence 26.Policing Interpersonal Violence 27.Policing Domestic and Family Violence 28.Police interaction with vulnerable victims