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Policing in an Age of Reform

An Agenda for Research and Practice

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Editors:
  1. James J. Nolan

    1. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

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  2. Frank Crispino

    1. Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière, Québec, Canada

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  3. Timothy Parsons

    1. School of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

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  • Examines the purpose of policing in contemporary society, with rapidly changing policing challenges
  • Connects theory to the reality of practice
  • Discusses how policing methods in technology, data analytics and forensic science can be used to address new policing challenges

Part of the book series: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies (PCPS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction to Policing in an Age of Reform

    • Timothy Parsons, James J. Nolan, Frank Crispino
    Pages 1-15

  3. Changing the Game: A Sociological Perspective on Police Reform

    • James J. Nolan, Joshua C. Hinkle, Zsolt Molnar
    Pages 17-32

  4. Community Policing: Often Advocated, Rarely Practiced

    • Timothy Parsons
    Pages 33-47

  5. Policing in an Age of Reform—An Overview of the United Kingdom Community-Centred Police Model

    • Victor Olisa
    Pages 49-60

  6. Community Dynamics, Collective Efficacy, and Police Reform

    • James J. Nolan, Joshua C. Hinkle
    Pages 61-83

  7. Policing Hate Crime: Dilemmas in Policy and Practice

    • Robert Lambert
    Pages 85-99

  8. Police Responses to Islamist Radicalisation and Violent Extremism

    • Timothy Parsons
    Pages 101-115

  9. Forensic Science Understanding by Police Managers: New Opportunities to Re-think Its Involvement in Policing

    • Frank Crispino, Vincent Mousseau, Simon Baechler, Olivier Delémont, Claude Roux, Olivier Ribaux
    Pages 117-131

  10. “So, How Are We Doing…?” Issues and Considerations in the Design of Police Performance Measurements

    • James Brown
    Pages 133-149

  11. Co-Operation Between the Police and Civil Society Organisations in the Field of Anti-Discrimination

    • Danijela Petković
    Pages 151-172

  12. Digital Transformations in Forensic Science and Their Impact on Policing

    • Olivier Ribaux, Olivier Delémont, Simon Baechler, Claude Roux, Frank Crispino
    Pages 173-191

  13. Tools for a New Situational Policing

    • James J. Nolan, Joshua C. Hinkle
    Pages 193-212

  14. The Use of Social Media in Intelligence and Its Impact on Police Work

    • Francis Fortin, Julie Delle Donne, Justine Knop
    Pages 213-231

  15. “Doing Right”: Police Ethics in an Age of Reform

    • James J. Nolan, Timothy Parsons, Frank Crispino
    Pages 233-250

  16. The Allegory of the Dangerous Intersection: A Structural View of Law Enforcement and Social Problems

    • James J. Nolan
    Pages 251-268

  17. Conclusions and Future Directions in Policing

    • James J. Nolan, Timothy Parsons, Frank Crispino
    Pages 269-273

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 275-279
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About this book

This book tackles the contentious issue of policing in an age of controversy and uncertainty. It is a timely book written by police scholars — predominantly former practitioners from Europe, Australia and North America — who draw from their own research and operational experiences to illuminate key issues relating to police reform in the present day. While acknowledging some relevance of usual proposed models, such as problem-solving, evidence-based policing and procedural justice, the contributors provide an insider look at a variety of perspectives and approaches to police reform which have emerged in recent decades. It invites university students, criminologists, social scientists, police managers, forensic scientists to question and adapt their perspectives on a broad range of topics such as community policing, hate crime, Islamic radicalisation, neighborhood dynamics, situational policing, antidiscrimination and civil society, police ethics, performance measures, and advances in forensic science, technology, intelligence and more in an accessible and comprehensive manner. 







Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    James J. Nolan

  • Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière, Québec, Canada

    Frank Crispino

  • School of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    Timothy Parsons

About the editors

James Nolan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at West Virginia University, USA. His recent research focuses on neighborhood dynamics and policing.

Frank Crispino is Director of the Forensic Science Research Group at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada, and regular researcher of the International Center for Comparative Criminology.

Timothy Parsons is Visiting Lecturer in Police Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He served 30 years with the City of London Police and has lectured on the topics of policing, police reform, Islamism and violent extremism in 25 countries advising both police forces and national governments.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Policing in an Age of Reform

  • Book Subtitle: An Agenda for Research and Practice

  • Editors: James J. Nolan, Frank Crispino, Timothy Parsons

  • Series Title: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56765-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56764-4Published: 08 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56767-5Published: 09 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56765-1Published: 07 December 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2730-535X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-5368

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Policing, Science and Technology Studies, Crime Prevention, Crime and Society, Violence and Crime, Forensic Science

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