Policing

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.

Praise for the previous edition:Offers comprehensive coverage of key policing topics. It is easy to navigate and the chapters provide clear aims and objectives. The study questions at the end of each chapter provide students with a mechanism to review each chapter and consider what they have learned.- Dr Suzanne Young, Department of Criminology, Leeds Beckett UniversityThis book is a clearly written account of the progress of policing in the United Kingdom, a welcome and unfettered approach to the subject.- The Criminal LawyerAny student new to criminology or policing will be able to develop their knowledge using this book. Joyce′s style of written expression allows for an easy reading experience, without skimming on the details.- Anna Waistnage, Grimsby Institute of HE & FE

• Chapter 1 - The Emergence and Development of Professional PolicingChapter 2 - Police PowersChapter 3 - The Delivery of PolicingChapter 4 - The Governance of The Police 1964 - 2010Chapter 5 - From Police Authorities to Police and Crime CommissionersChapter 6 - The Police Service and the Criminal Justice SystemChapter 7 - The Police Service and Racial DiversityChapter 8 - Women in PolicingChapter 9 - The Changing Nature of Crime after 1945Chapter 10 - The Prevention, Investigation and Detection of CrimeChapter 11 - The Future Direction of Policing