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This book describes the police development in Scotland between 1775-1865. The key issues addressed include: The workings of tradidional forms of law enforcement, police development in urban Scotland, Scottih policemodels compared with other Bitish models, impact of police reform on urban governance and concers and priorities behind police policy. 

Analysis of the role that the immediate environment plays in the occurrence of a crime.  Divided into three parts, it gives anoverview of the development of environmental criminology as a discipline through its origins in spatial criminology. It examines social disorganization theory, which explains criminal activity with reference to the characteristics of the community that delinquents live in. It then discusses the ecology of crime with reference to macroenvironments and microenvironments. The next section introduces concepts such as routine activity theory, the geometric theory of crime, the rational choice theory of offending, and crime pattern theory. The last part focuses on the concept of crime prevention, examines the idea of altering the environment in order to prevent crime, and discusses situational crime factors and efforts to reduce the opportunities for crimes to be committed. It considers the impact of routine activities on crime prevention initiatives and advocates a flexible approach to crime prevention based on the dynamic nature of our environment. It concludes with a chapter outlining how environmental criminology has evolved in recent years and provides a future outlook on where it may be headed. 4870 CLAS

Analyses policing in Scotland in the context of the new and emerging ideas about the nature, purposes and methods of policing that are developing elsewhere in the world, and seeks to determine how far Scottish policing is maintaining its own traditions, or how far it is becoming a localized example of wider global trends.  This second edition introduces new chapters on crime investigation, police unionism, ethnic minorities, policing violence and forensic science, as well as incorporating a major new theme which seeks to explain how those responsible for policing Scotland set about dealing with current issues such as terrorism and organised crime. 0148 DONN 

An overview of the historical development of policing in the UK, with discussion of current debates and practice. It provides a global and comparative context, in order to shed light on contemporary issues. Equips students with an in-depth understanding of the challenges and complexities of modern policing, including: " the relationship between the police and other criminal justice agencies " styles and approaches in practice " how to police political violence " diversity and the police " police accountability Helps students to reflect upon key themes. Essential reading for criminology, criminal justice and policing undergraduates.

Aimed specifically at understanding the social context of the serious criminal offender who is deemed to be mentally abnormal. Takes into account the law, attitudes towards responsibility and liability for crime, research findings concerning mental disorders and criminality and procedures for managing offender-patients through the criminal justice and mental health-care systems. Examines the relationship between mental abnormality and criminal behaviour, the extent to which this relationship is used (or misused) in the criminal courts and the various facilities that are currently available for treatment. 

Gives an evidence-led perspective on the police response to antisocial behaviour (ASB). By starting with the views of victims and the public about the effectiveness of the police management of ASB and working back from these, the research is able to develop new insights in terms of what the police can do to reduce the social harm caused by ASB within and across communities. Based upon an analysis integrating data from a survey of 5699 ASB victims, the British Crime Survey and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary's assessment of police system quality. 9365 INNE In Vubis: http://192.87.209.9/webopac/FullBB.csp?WebAction=ShowFullBB&RequestId=693050_80&Profile=Default&OpacLanguage=dut&NumberToRetrieve=20&StartValue=1&WebPageNr=1&SearchTerm1=2010.2.79288&SearchT1=&Index1=Index1&SearchMethod=Find_1&ItemNr=1

For police riders undertaking police rider training and police motorcycle trainers. It's designed so that it can be used for self study either before or during a course, and for ready reference afterwards. Written with a modern motorcycle inmind but the advice it contains is relevant to both older andsmaller bikes. 4045 of 0148 POLI

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) commissioned this research to obtain evidence of public attitudes towards anti-social behaviour and police response, and to highlight potential implications for the police in their approaches to anti-social behaviour.  In particular, the research identified what people understand by the term 'anti-social behaviour'; who they feel ought to be responsible for dealing with it; their expectations of key agencies such as the police; and the conditions under which people report particular incidents/behaviour.  The research measures attitudes towards contact with the police when reporting anti-social behaviour and identifies key areas for improvement. 9365 POLI

In Spring 2010, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) carried out a review of anti-social behaviour (ASB) in England and Wales. This included asking victims about their experience of reporting ASB to the police, and inspecting the quality of the processes that forces use in tackling and responding to the problem. Working with the Police Science Institute at Cardiff University, the results were used to answer the question of how the police can best tackle ASB. 9365 ANTI