Introduction to Policing

This groundbreaking new text by Michael Rowe is the first introductory, comprehensive textbook on policing. Introduction to Policing incorporates all the key areas of a Policing course, from the history of the police and the legal framework, to current debates around issues such as diversity, surveillance and the nature of police occupational culture. The book highlights the way in which theory applies to practice at every step.

It offers: accessible coverage of all essential topics, an insightful approach, which explores and unpicks contemporary issues in a truly readable and lucid manner, excellent learning features throughout, to challenge and stimulate students - including boxed examples, self-check questions and answers, further reading and a full glossary, a student-friendly writing style that encourages students to engage with debates and to develop critical thinking skills.

With its breadth and depth of coverage, extensive learning features and engaging writing style, students of criminology and criminal justice will find Introduction to Policing an indispensable introduction to key themes in modern-day policing.

About the Author:
Michael Rowe is Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand