Police and policing : an introduction / Peter Villiers ; preface Sir Hugh Orde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Villiers, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police administration.

Police.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sherfield on Loddon, U.K. : Waterside Press ; Portland, Or., USA : North American distributor, International Specialised Book Services, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An ideal introduction for police recruits, criminal justice practitioners, criminologists and general readers. Written in a clear style and based on the experiences of author Peter Villiers who was for many years a tutor at the National Police Staff College.

Contents:

Cover

Putting justice into words

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction and Acknowledgements

The Purposes of Policing

A Short History of Policing

Police Organization: Identity and Control

Police Leadership and Management

Police Leadership in the 21st Century

Police Work

Crime Prevention and Crime Detection

Terrorism

Regulating Police Behaviour: Ethics, Discipline and Human Rights

Policing and the Future

Glossary of Words, Phrases, Acronyms and Abbreviations

Timeline

References

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.

ISBN:

9786611993610

9781281993618

1281993611

9781906534752

1906534756

OCLC:

401235008