Peter Joyce & Wendy Laverick 
Policing [PDF ebook] 
Development and Contemporary Practice

A comprehensive introduction to policing in England and Wales, providing you with an in-depth understanding of the challenges and complexities of modern policing and an increased awareness of the history and development of the profession. 



This second edition covers the most pressing debates and issues associated with contemporary policing and examines a range of key topics such as methods of policing, diversity and the police, police accountability, and much more. The new edition includes:

• A new chapter on women in policing


• Expanded content on diversity issues within the police service


• An account of the changes to transnational policing as a result of Brexit


• Reflections on the use of social media by police


• Advice for those wanting to embark on a career in the field.

Written in an introductory way that is ideal for any policing, criminology, or criminal justice student new to police studies.

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Chapter 1 – The Emergence and Development of Professional Policing

Chapter 2 – Police Powers

Chapter 3 – The Delivery of Policing

Chapter 4 – The Governance of The Police 1964 – 2010

Chapter 5 – From Police Authorities to Police and Crime Commissioners

Chapter 6 – The Police Service and the Criminal Justice System

Chapter 7 – The Police Service and Racial Diversity

Chapter 8 – Women in Policing

Chapter 9 – The Changing Nature of Crime after 1945

Chapter 10 – The Prevention, Investigation and Detection of Crime

Chapter 11 – The Future Direction of Policing

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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.