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Policing controversy.
London: Profile Books, 2009
ISBN 9781846683046
This is the autobiography of Sir Ian Blair, who was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1 February 2005 to 1 December 2008. An Oxford graduate, he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1974, serving in both uniform and the CID. He attended the Special Course in 1978 and the Senior Command Course in 1993; he then moved to Thames Valley Police as an ACC and became chief constable of Surrey in 1998. In 2000, he became Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, at a time when the force was dealing with the consequences of the Macpherson Report. His account of his career gives most attention to his period in the two top posts in the Met, although he also explains how he worked to improve the police approach to investigating rape, in the 1970s and 1980s, and describes his involvement in a number of significant or high-profile cases and incidents, throughout his service. He particularly discusses the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in July 2005; his relations with several successive Home Secretaries, the MPA, and two Mayors of London, notably Boris Johnson; and the politicisation of policing in London. The book ends with reflections on challenges facing British policing, making some comparisons with the force that Peel established.
FARRALL Stephen; JACKSON Jonathan; GRAY Emily
Social order and the fear of crime in contemporary times.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN 9780199540815
(Clarendon Studies in Criminology)
This book discusses fear of crime and its impact on people's lives. It argues that fear of crime will be better understood if 'experiential' fear and 'expressive' fear are distinguished. Part 1 locates the fear of crime within wider debates on crime and social order in Western societies. It considers what fear of crime is and discusses the history of fear of crime as a concept and object of enquiry. This section also reviews theoretical positions that have been adopted to explain fear of crime; and presents its own unified framework of the fear of crime. Part 2 explores qualitative and quantitative data on fear of crime, and relates it to the unified framework. It reviews survey respondents' views on local crime and disorder, their physical environment and crime more generally; and it discusses types and intensities of fear. Part 3 is one chapter which reviews the study's findings. The short methodological appendix explains the study's data sources: interviews with researchers, the British Crime Survey and public surveys in Glasgow, London and rural North-East England.
Handbook of internet crime.
Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing, 2009
ISBN 9781843925248
This book is a multi-disciplinary exploration of Internet-related crime and associated issues. It contains 27 chapters, by various authors; these are arranged in four sections, each of which has an introductory overview by the editors. The book also contains a glossary. Part 1 addresses histories and contexts; it includes: On the globalisation of crime: the Internet and new criminality; and, Criminalising cyberspace: the rise of the Internet as a 'crime problem'. Part 2 addresses particular forms of Internet crime, including: Hackers, viruses and malicious software; how the Internet is transforming; Cyber-terror; Cyber-protest and civil society: the Internet and action repertoires in social movements; Intellectual property crime and the Internet; Identity theft and fraud; Online sexual exploitation of children and young people; Harm, suicide and homicide in cyberspace: assessing causality and control. Part 3 concerns Internet law and regulation, in the UK and the USA. Part 4 discusses policing of the Internet: Public policing and Internet crime; The private policing of Internet crime; The virtual neighbourhood watch: netizens in action; Internet technologies and criminal justice; and, Computer forensics and the presentation of evidence in criminal cases.
Art of public strategy: mobilizing power and knowledge for the common good.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN 9780199289646
This book discusses public strategy (by governments) and its development, advocating an approach which centres on the use of knowledge and power. Part 1 explains the background to public strategy. It discusses its definition, character and differences from business or military strategy; and analyses the supply and demand for public action. It then presents the model, 'a framework for adaptive strategy'. Part 2 discusses the major issues facing contemporary governments, in 10 chapters: where strategy should be located within government structures and processes, the nature of the knowledge upon which strategy rests, how to turn plans into actions (including targets), positive risks and innovations, negative risks and remaining resilient, joined-up government, changing minds and behaviour as strategic goals, public trust as an overt goal of strategy, measurement of success, leadership and its relationship to strategy. Part 3 is the brief concluding chapter.
Managing knowledge work and innovation, 2nd ed.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
ISBN 9780230522015
This book discusses the management of knowledge work in organizations, and how it relates to wider behavioural and organizational conditions. It addresses theory and practice; and includes case studies. The introduction discusses the processes, purposes and context of knowledge work in organizations. Eight further chapters concern: knowledge-intensive firms, the role of ICT in knowledge work, managing knowledge creation in teams, project-based organizations and knowledge work, human resource management and knowledge work, knowledge management systems, the role of social networks and boundary-spanners, and managing knowledge for innovation. The conclusion reviews the relationships between knowledge purposes, knowledge processes and enabling context.
Crime prevention: theory and practice.
Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2009
ISBN 9781420062144
This is a textbook of crime prevention, covering both theory and application, although with an emphasis on the latter. It includes numerous illustrative examples and case studies. The first section is an overview chapter, outlining the types of crime prevention approaches and describing the types of institutions through which crime prevention is delivered (families, places, police, etc). Section 2 reviews each of three dominant crime prevention approaches, and the crime causation theories that inform them: situational crime prevention and CPTED, crime prevention through social development, and community crime prevention. In Section 3, Chapter 5 discusses the role of government in crime prevention; it covers both national or state government and municipal government, providing examples from the USA, Canada, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa. Chapter 6 discusses police crime prevention, in terms of community policing and problem-oriented policing. Section 4 is a guide to the four stages of planning (phase one), implementing (phase two), evaluating and adjusting (phases three and four) a crime prevention project.
Leadership under pressure: tactics from the frontline.
London: Kogan Page, 2009
ISBN 9780749456559
This book discusses the key attributes of a leader, drawing particularly on the author's personal career and experiences. It discusses the roots of leadership, decision-making tools, preparation for leadership, intelligence and information, innovation, planning, the maintenance of morale, personal style, tasking, supervision, courage and example, negotiation, communication, and crisis management. Its final chapter reflects on these issues and on leadership qualities. The author was formerly a colonel in the British Army; the book includes many examples of his experience of military leadership, particularly in Bosnia, where he was battalion commander in the early 1990s.
Search for leadership: an organisational perspective.
Axminster: Triarchy Press
ISBN 9780955768170, 2009
This book argues that leadership is a resource to be managed by an organisation, and not simply an individual matter. Using a systems thinking framework, the book presents a practical approach to improving leadership in organisations. Part 1 provides a conceptual foundation, exploring theories, models and assumptions. Part 2 addresses the 'intervention challenge' of applying the author's systemic leadership model for leadership improvement (there is an overview of the model in an appendix). It does this in relation to a range of organisational contexts, including management development, learning, competences, culture change, the organisation's 'shadow system', and accountability. The book provides many real-life examples, including a number from the police.
Forensic comparative science: qualitative quantitative source determination of unique impressions, images, and objects.
Burlington, Mass.: Academic Press, 2009
ISBN 9780123735829
Forensic comparative science is the process of measuring and judging two impressions, marks, objects or images to determine whether they share common origin. In the first six chapters, this book discusses the examination of these evidentiary items and the scientific determination of their origins and matches. These chapters cover issues of subjectivity, logic, recognition and cognitive psychology, uniqueness, patterns, ranges of levels of details in images, relationship of details, and the method analysis, comparison, evaluation and verification (ACE+V). They form the approach to the disciplines covered in the next four chapters, which are: fractures, tears, and separations; tools and guns; shoe and tyre impressions; and, skin prints from fingers, palms, lips, feet and ears.
Spirit level: why more equal societies almost always do better
London: Allen Lane, 2009
ISBN 9781846140396
This book argues that in developed, rich countries, the general material success hides large inequalities of health and wealth, which is leading to social dysfunction and social breakdown. Part 1 of the book describes the situation, providing graphical data that compares a range of countries or compares US states. Part 2 discusses various costs of inequality: community life and social relations, mental health and drug use, physical health and life expectancy, obesity, educational performance, teenage births, violence, imprisonment and punishment, and social mobility. Part 3 shows that it is inequality, not other factors, which is linked to the level of social problems; and discusses remedies for the situation.