Crime, Science and Policing

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-76178-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 333 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Police Practice and Knowledge

This book offers an introduction to crime science; it is specifically for police and security professionals. Written by one of the founders of crime science and an expert in crime reduction, it considers the unique characteristics of the approach, its applicability to the control of crime, disorder and terrorism, and the importance of experimentation and the testing of new ideas to build a knowledge base for ethical

policing. Core content includes:

- The basics of crime science in concept, theory and practice;

- Methods of research and assessment used by crime scientists;

- Crime science and policing, including its application to volume crimes, serious crimes and investigation;

- Legitimacy and public compliance;

- Policing, science, and future crimes.

This book is essential reading for all students of professional policing, as well as those interested in crime and its control, reduction, and prevention.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laycock, Gloria

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART 1: The basics of crime science

1 Defining crime science

2 Useful concepts and ideas

3 Problem-solving and problem-oriented policing

4 Legitimacy and public compliance

WITH BEN BRADFORD

PART 2: Methods of investigation used by crime scientists

5 Finding patterns

6 Assessment and learning

PART 3: Crime control in practice

7 Dealing with volume crimes

8 Dealing with serious and organised crime

WITH HERVÉ BORRION

9 Demand management

10 Solving crimes using science

WITH JAMES FRENCH

11 Futures

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gloria Laycock is Professor Emeritus of Crime Science at University College London, UK. She worked in the Home Office for over thirty years on research and development in prisons, policing, and crime prevention fields. She has acted as a consultant and trainer on policing matters in Europe, North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, India, South Africa, and the Middle East. She was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2008 for services to crime policy.