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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An excellent reference for lawmakers and reformers. By pulling together so much important information in a single place, Stoughton and his coauthors have done the country a service at a very fraught time." * National Review *"Provides a current and complete blueprint of the laws and policies that contribute to persistent inequalities in police violence. This blueprint will be of tremendous value—perhaps especially so—to those who seek to understand the existing system and where they may best intervene in order to reduce these damaging inequalities." * Theoretical Criminology *"Evaluating Police Uses of Force is a deeply informative and clearly organized book that provides a thorough description of the standards used to evaluate police uses of force in the United States ... I highly recommend it for that reason." * Teaching Sociology *"This meticulously researched book may be the most comprehensive treatment of police use of force there is. The authors carefully explain how force legally may be used, and how it should be regulated. This should be required reading for all policing leadership. Highly recommended." -- Barry Friedman, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law and Director of the Policing Project at NYU School of Law"A timely and needed tool with which to engage in critical debates around policing and police violence ... The value of this analysis for our understanding of police violence is difficult to overstate" * Theoretical Criminology *"These authors are at the forefront of those who probe the complex questions that can arise when an officer shoots a civilian. This book is an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to better understand police use of force. At the Washington Post we have relied on Geoff Alpert’s expertise to untangle use-of-force issues. Here, he and his co-authors advance the public discussion of this important topic." -- Jeff Leen, Investigations Editor at the Washington Post"An informed, in-depth review of one of the most controversial and misunderstood aspects of modern policing: the use of force. Everyone—from police chiefs to judges to community activists—would benefit from the insights this book provides." -- Art Acevedo, Chief, Houston Police Department"No book has offered a full account of the legal standards used to evaluate use-of-force incidents—until now. The authors bring decades of combined academic and practical expertise in law, criminology, and policing to comprehensively lay out not only federal constitutional law, but state law, administrative standards, and tactical considerations that influence the use of force. As a result, every reader—whatever their perspective or experience—will walk away far more knowledgeable about how the use of force by police officers is governed in the United States." -- Rachel Harmon, University of Virginia School of Law

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Book Synopsis2023 Edwin H. Sutherland Book Award WinnerA behind-the-scenes account of the harsh realities of policing in a segregated city For thirteen months, Daanika Gordon shadowed police officers in two districts in River City, a profoundly segregated rust belt metropolis. She found that officers in predominantly whiteneighborhoods provided responsive service and engaged in community problem-solving, while officers in predominantly Black communities reproduced long-standing patterns of over-policing and under-protection. Such differences have marked US policing throughout its history, but policies that were supposed to alleviate racial tensions in River City actually widened the racial divides. Policing the Racial Divide tells story of how race, despite the best intentions, often dominates the way policing unfolds in cities across America. Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police are reconfiguTrade ReviewIn this book, Daanika Gordon explores unequal policing in a rustbelt city. She focuses on the police department’s decision to redraw its district boundaries in alignment with the city’s segregation boundaries, arguing that these districts were perceived—and policed—differently as a result. Policing the Racial Divide examines the origins and consequences of differential policing, showing us how it can further the uneven development of cities. * Jan Haldipur, author of No Place on the Corner: The Costs of Aggressive Policing *Policing the Racial Divide deftly explores the history, logic, and police practices in two police districts in River City. Gordon shows us ‘two worlds of policing,’ where officers serve white, middle-class neighborhoods, but surveil and punish Black working-class neighborhoods instead. Ultimately, she highlights the important role that police play in the political economy of the city, serving the broader political, economic, and racial interests of an urban growth coalition. * Amada Armenta, author of Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement *Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police reconfigure segregated landscapes through their role in urban growth politics. * Law & Social Inquiry *The author’s contribution lies in her structuralist analysis of contemporary conditions and the remedies she offers… [She] argues convincingly that a continuance of the status quo, imprisoned by history and structure, is not a viable option. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book Synopsis2023 Edwin H. Sutherland Book Award WinnerA behind-the-scenes account of the harsh realities of policing in a segregated city For thirteen months, Daanika Gordon shadowed police officers in two districts in River City, a profoundly segregated rust belt metropolis. She found that officers in predominantly whiteneighborhoods provided responsive service and engaged in community problem-solving, while officers in predominantly Black communities reproduced long-standing patterns of over-policing and under-protection. Such differences have marked US policing throughout its history, but policies that were supposed to alleviate racial tensions in River City actually widened the racial divides. Policing the Racial Divide tells story of how race, despite the best intentions, often dominates the way policing unfolds in cities across America. Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police are reconfiguTrade ReviewIn this book, Daanika Gordon explores unequal policing in a rustbelt city. She focuses on the police department’s decision to redraw its district boundaries in alignment with the city’s segregation boundaries, arguing that these districts were perceived—and policed—differently as a result. Policing the Racial Divide examines the origins and consequences of differential policing, showing us how it can further the uneven development of cities. * Jan Haldipur, author of No Place on the Corner: The Costs of Aggressive Policing *Policing the Racial Divide deftly explores the history, logic, and police practices in two police districts in River City. Gordon shows us ‘two worlds of policing,’ where officers serve white, middle-class neighborhoods, but surveil and punish Black working-class neighborhoods instead. Ultimately, she highlights the important role that police play in the political economy of the city, serving the broader political, economic, and racial interests of an urban growth coalition. * Amada Armenta, author of Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement *Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police reconfigure segregated landscapes through their role in urban growth politics. * Law & Social Inquiry *The author’s contribution lies in her structuralist analysis of contemporary conditions and the remedies she offers… [She] argues convincingly that a continuance of the status quo, imprisoned by history and structure, is not a viable option. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest over the unjustified homicides of unarmed black males at the hands of police officers. These local tragediesand the protests surrounding themassumed national significance, igniting fierce debate about the fairness and efficacy of the American criminal justice system. Yet, outside the gaze of mainstream attention, how do local residents and protestors in Ferguson and Baltimore understand their own experiences with race, place, and policing?In Hands Up, Don't Shoot, Jennifer Cobbina draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred residents of Ferguson and Baltimore, conducted within two months of the deaths of Brown and Gray. She examines how protestors in both cities understood their experiences with the police, how thoTrade Review"Beginning with an expansive history of racial inequality in America, the author posits that such racism has often led to excessive force used disproportionately against blacks by police. A useful reference on a topic that requires continued examination." -- Kirkus Reviews"In her tightly focused and morally important book … Cobbina is careful to establish historical and cultural context for the deep-seated distrust so many African Americans feel toward law enforcement in a way that makes the book accessible to a wide readership." -- NPR Books"Hands Up, Don't Shoot is such an important and timely work. With equal parts passion and theoretical nuance, and an eye on history, Cobbina makes explicit why the deaths of Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and so many others matter so much. Her innovative research makes clear the necessity for real change in these dangerous times." -- Jody Miller, author of Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence"Jennifer Cobbina's expertly researched examination of the interlocking dimensions of race, gender, and policing illustrates why the problem of policing in the U.S. is always about much more than policing. [It] is a clarion call for a much broader vision of justice one that relies less on crime-fighting and more on community building. This is a necessary and important book for scholars, activists, and everyday people living under oppressive policing regimes." -- Nikki Jones, author of The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption

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Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade ReviewThis book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging. * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus. * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice. * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *

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Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade Review"This book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging." * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *"In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus." * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *"An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice." * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *

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Book Synopsis2021 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThe first expert and comprehensive analysis of the surprising impact of body-worn cameras Following the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others at the hands of police, interest in body-worn cameras for local, state, and federal law enforcement has skyrocketed. In Cops, Cameras, and Crisis, Michael D. White and Aili Malm provide an up-to-date analysis of this promising technology, evaluating whether it can address today's crisis in police legitimacy. Drawing on the latest research and insights from experts with field experience with police-worn body cameras, White and Malm show the benefits and drawbacks of this technology for police departments, police officers, and members of the public. Ultimately, they identifyand assesseach claim, weighing in on whether the specter of being caught on tape is capable of changing a criminal justice system desperately in need of reform. Cops, Cameras, and Crisis is a must-read for policymTrade ReviewCops, Cameras, and Crisis is a timely and important contribution to understanding a contemporary policing reform effort. It breaks through the rhetoric and provides readers with the empirical realities associated with police body worn cameras. It is a must-read for police researchers and policymakers and practitioners. -- Charles M. Katz, co-author of The Police in America: An IntroductionThis concise, meticulous, and well-written book provides an extraordinary contribution to the larger policing literature in general and to the literature on police body-worn cameras more specifically. Written in an accessible and scholarly tone, this book provides the reader with a well-balanced history of body-worn cameras, a thorough, rigorous, and unbiased review of the extant empirical research in the area, and a thoughtful list of recommendations for future research. This book should be on the shelf of all academics, researchers, and practitioners interested in the topic, and is well suited for undergraduate and graduate coursework. -- Wesley G. Jennings, co-author of Criminological and Criminal Justice Research Methods

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Book Synopsis2021 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThe first expert and comprehensive analysis of the surprising impact of body-worn cameras Following the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others at the hands of police, interest in body-worn cameras for local, state, and federal law enforcement has skyrocketed. In Cops, Cameras, and Crisis, Michael D. White and Aili Malm provide an up-to-date analysis of this promising technology, evaluating whether it can address today's crisis in police legitimacy. Drawing on the latest research and insights from experts with field experience with police-worn body cameras, White and Malm show the benefits and drawbacks of this technology for police departments, police officers, and members of the public. Ultimately, they identifyand assesseach claim, weighing in on whether the specter of being caught on tape is capable of changing a criminal justice system desperately in need of reform. Cops, Cameras, and Crisis is a must-read for policymTrade ReviewCops, Cameras, and Crisis is a timely and important contribution to understanding a contemporary policing reform effort. It breaks through the rhetoric and provides readers with the empirical realities associated with police body worn cameras. It is a must-read for police researchers and policymakers and practitioners. -- Charles M. Katz, co-author of The Police in America: An IntroductionThis concise, meticulous, and well-written book provides an extraordinary contribution to the larger policing literature in general and to the literature on police body-worn cameras more specifically. Written in an accessible and scholarly tone, this book provides the reader with a well-balanced history of body-worn cameras, a thorough, rigorous, and unbiased review of the extant empirical research in the area, and a thoughtful list of recommendations for future research. This book should be on the shelf of all academics, researchers, and practitioners interested in the topic, and is well suited for undergraduate and graduate coursework. -- Wesley G. Jennings, co-author of Criminological and Criminal Justice Research Methods

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Book SynopsisA story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutalityThe 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that were reminiscent of the unrest of the 1960s. Fight the Power examines the explosive history of police brutality in New York City and the black community's long struggle to resist it. Taylor brings this story to life by exploring the institutions and the people that waged campaigns to end the mistreatment of people of color at the hands of the police, including the black church, the black press, black communists and civil rights activists. Ranging from the 1940s to the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio, Taylor describes the significant strides made in curbing policTrade Review"Taylor provides an essential history of the now, showing how current struggles for racial justice have emerged out of a long history of police abuse, protest, and inadequate reforms." -- Alex Vitale,author of The End of Policing"The time is ripe for this kind of book; and this history delivers the most informed and reasonable voice to an unprecedented and eager public readership. I can hardly wait to teach this book in my lectures and seminars in African American, urban and ethnic history and public policy. The American reading public has been presented with a precious gift by Professor Clarence Taylor: Bravo!" -- Komozi Woodard,author of A Nation Within a Nation: Amiri Baraka and Black Power Politics"This timely and urgent account of the long reign of police terror inflicted on Black New Yorkers also tells a heroic and largely unheralded story of resistance. In fighting for justice, Black New Yorkers have sought a fundamental redefinition of policing. Clarence Taylor's book is needed now more than ever." -- Martha Biondi,author of To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City"This well-researched, well-told book provides thoughtful context for the current American reckoning with police brutality." * Publishers Weekly *"Clarence Taylor offers a judicious history of black New Yorkers’ efforts to confront police brutality since the 1940s." * Journal of American Ethnic History *"Fight the Power offers a clear sense of the intractable nature of anti-Black police violence and harassment in New York over the span of generations and of some of the ways that Black folks pushed reform of that system." * The Journal of African American History *

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los AngelesThe Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policingpopularized for decades as a racial panaceais not the solution it seems to be. Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA's Lakeside precinct, they show how police tactics amplifiedrather than resolvedracial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability. Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduringand frequently explosiveconflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center sTrade ReviewThe persuasive evidence in The Limits of Community Policing raises very serious questions about the basic procedures for engaging the community in community policing programs and other police programs with a similar purpose. Based on five years of observational research on community meetings in Los Angeles, the authors persuasively document how police officials control the procedures and the outcomes of neighborhood meetings. In addition to controlling agendas, officials respond to the expressed concerns of meeting participants by accepting some, deflecting others away from police responsibility, or resisting them altogether. The most urgent community concerns about policing, in short, are never fully addressed. This is an extremely important book for scholars, police officials and policy-makers. -- Samuel Walker,co-author of The New World of Police Accountability, Third EditionThis meticulously researched ethnographic study of community policing in Los Angeles addresses the larger racial dynamics of the interaction between Black and Brown communities and the LAPD. In doing so, the authors offer compelling insight into the citizens wishes, and the departments response. An important work for anyone studying Los Angeles, or those examining the relationship between minority communities and police departments in challenging times. -- Jeannine Bell, author of Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-in Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in AmericaThrough extensive ethnographic research, The Limits of Community Policing challenges the taken for granted value of community policing by showing the ways that police produce and manage it and in the process exacerbate core problems of inequality in the Los Angeles landscape. -- Alex S. Vitale,author of The End of PolicingThere are many books on community policing, but this is the first to provide a detailed, reflective interdisciplinary approach to finding solutions in the 21st century. The Limits of Community Policing is an important book. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest over the unjustified homicides of unarmed black males at the hands of police officers. These local tragediesand the protests surrounding themassumed national significance, igniting fierce debate about the fairness and efficacy of the American criminal justice system. Yet, outside the gaze of mainstream attention, how do local residents and protestors in Ferguson and Baltimore understand their own experiences with race, place, and policing?In Hands Up, Don't Shoot, Jennifer Cobbina draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred residents of Ferguson and Baltimore, conducted within two months of the deaths of Brown and Gray. She examines how protestors in both cities understood their experiences with the police, how thoTrade Review"Beginning with an expansive history of racial inequality in America, the author posits that such racism has often led to excessive force used disproportionately against blacks by police. A useful reference on a topic that requires continued examination." -- Kirkus Reviews"In her tightly focused and morally important book … Cobbina is careful to establish historical and cultural context for the deep-seated distrust so many African Americans feel toward law enforcement in a way that makes the book accessible to a wide readership." -- NPR Books"Hands Up, Don't Shoot is such an important and timely work. With equal parts passion and theoretical nuance, and an eye on history, Cobbina makes explicit why the deaths of Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and so many others matter so much. Her innovative research makes clear the necessity for real change in these dangerous times." -- Jody Miller, author of Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence"Jennifer Cobbina's expertly researched examination of the interlocking dimensions of race, gender, and policing illustrates why the problem of policing in the U.S. is always about much more than policing. [It] is a clarion call for a much broader vision of justice one that relies less on crime-fighting and more on community building. This is a necessary and important book for scholars, activists, and everyday people living under oppressive policing regimes." -- Nikki Jones, author of The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2018 Law & Legal Studies PROSE AwardThe consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law enforcementIn a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked computers link analysts and police officers to a wealth of law enforcement intelligence. This is just a glimpse into a future where software predicts future crimes, algorithms generate virtual most-wanted lists, and databanks collect personal and biometric information. The Rise of Big Data Policing introduces the cutting-edge technology that is changing how the police do their jobs and shows why it is more important than ever that citizens understand the far-reaching consequences of big data surveillance as a law enforcement tool. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reveals how these new technologies viewed as race-neutral and objectivehave been eagerly adopTrade Review"The case Ferguson makes is inherently interesting and increasingly urgent." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Important and relevant, this book will be indispensable to [anyone] interested in the practice of policing . . . Valuable for the critical civil rights and constitutional issues it raises." * Library Journal *"Andrew Ferguson has written a path-breaking book about a crucial civil rights struggle of our time. The more law enforcement automates its work, the more minority communities are getting caught in a pernicious web of surveillance and punishment. Ferguson's work is as comprehensive as it is illuminating. A must read." -- Danielle Keats Citron,Morton & Sophia Macht Professor of Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law"Ferguson has an incredible command of the many subjects that fall under the 'big data' umbrella, and his writing is at its best when social, cultural, and technological dynamics coalesce into one story. The book is particularly strong when Ferguson takes on how classism and racism shape smart policing datasets, which epitomize how 'big data' policing is held back by the many limitations of larger legal structures but is presented as the solution to that very problem." * Gizmodo *"In this timely, informative and at times disturbing book, Andrew Ferguson exposes the promises and perils of big data for policing and privacy. This critically important work provides a comprehensive account of how big data can help police solve crime and enhance police accountability and oversight. However, the book simultaneously exposes how the use of big data to inform policing practices can mask, reify and reinforce racial bias under the cloak of objectivity. The Rise of Big Data Policing is a must read for judges, policymakers, advocates, activists, and anyone else who wants to understand what big data is and how it is transforming our criminal justice institutions, the law, and our privacy expectations in surprising and disturbing ways that should concern us all." -- L. Song Richardson,Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of California, Irvine"The first-ever comprehensive overview, The Rise of Big Data Policing strikes an adept balance in covering both the promise and the peril of predictive policing. . . . Fergusons legal expertise serves well as he addresses the dilemma of translating predictions based on data into police remedies and it serves well throughout the other varied topics of this multi-faceted, well-researched book." -- Eric Siegel * Big Think *"This is the perfect time to educate the public about the field of predictive policing. The predictive policing methods used today are in adolescence rather than infancy, so they beg for thoughtful reflection and public discussion. Andrew Ferguson is the ideal person for the job!" -- Jane Bambauer,Professor of Law, University of Arizona"The Rise of Big Data Policing shifts our frame of reference on modern policing from the celebration of aggressive patrol tactics to urgent questions of the role new police technologies in the production of security, the risks to freedom, and the levers of social control in the expanding surveillance state. Andrew Ferguson opens a window to define, categorize, understand, and showcase the transformation and digital deregulation of policing, and its implications for liberty and security. Ferguson teaches us not only the fault lines in how police watch us, but how we can turn the tables to use new algorithms to watch the police. At stake is nothing less than individual liberty and the democratic control of policing." -- Jeffrey Fagan,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia University"A valuable foundation for understanding how prediction has suffused policing, in much the same way it has suffused the rest of society. Ferguson's criticisms are cogent, but more importantly he communicates clearly a broad factual picture of the situation as it stands today." * The Washington Free Beacon *"In an important book that goes to the heart of issues at the forefront of contemporary life, Ferguson examines how police departments are now using supposedly 'objective'data-driven surveillance technologies to work more effectively in a budget-cutting era and to avoid claims of racial bias. In this engaging, well-written narrative, based on studies and a deep understanding of policing, [Ferguson] describes the growing police use of shareddata, its effects on how and where police work, and its usefulness in predicting future criminals . . .Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how technology is changing American policing." * STARRED Kirkus Review *

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Book SynopsisBased on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative justice. 　#MeToo. Black Lives Matter. Decriminalize Drugs. No More Stolen Sisters. Stop Stranger Attacks. Do we need more cops or to defund the police? Harm reduction or treatment? Tougher sentences or prison abolition? The debate about Canada’s criminal justice system has rarely been so polarized – or so in need of fresh ideas.Indictment brings the heartrending and captivating stories of survivors and people who have committed offences to the forefront to help us understand why the criminal justice system is facing such an existential crisis. Benjamin Perrin draws on his expertise as a lawyer, former top criminal justice advisor to the prime minister, and law clerk at the Supreme CouTable of Contents1. “It Looked like Madness”: Trauma Part 1: The Criminal Justice System on Trial 2. “Set Up to Fail”: Criminalizing People Who Use Substances 3. “From Protectors to Villains”: Mental Health, Poverty & Homelessness 4. “Justice Is Not Blind”: Indigenous Peoples 5. "Thrown in with the Wolves”: Incarcerating Indigenous People 6. “The Usual Suspects”: Anti-Black Racism 7. “An Alien System of Law”: Suppression of Indigenous Justice 8. “Nobodies”: Victims of Crime 9. “Do No Harm or Injustice”: Secondary Victimization 10. “Perfectly Designed” Part 2: A New Vision for Criminal Justice 11. A New Vision 12. Healthy Kids and Communities: Preventing Childhood Trauma and Investing in Social Determinants of Justice 13. Decriminalizing People: Public Health Approaches to Substances, Mental Health, Poverty, and Homelessness 14. Transforming Trauma: Holistic Support for People Who Were Harmed and Caused Harm 15. Real Safety: Mobile 24/7 Non-Police Responses 16. Peacemaking and Accountability: Restorative Justice as the Primary Approach to Resolving Conflict 17. Rehabilitation and Healing: Abolition of Traditional Prisons and Jails 18. Indigenous Justice 19. "New and Better Stories" Acknowledgments Methodology Content Notes Mental Health and Counselling Resources for Readers Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWhat if the job of police was to cultivate the political will of a community to live with itself (rather than enforce law, keep order, or fight crime)? In Sentiment, Reason, and Law, Jeffrey T. Martin describes a world where that is the case.The Republic of China on Taiwan spent nearly four decades as a single-party state under dictatorial rule (19491987) before transitioning to liberal democracy. Here, Martin describes the social life of a neighborhood police station during the first rotation in executive power following the democratic transition. He shows an apparent paradox of how a strong democratic order was built on a foundation of weak police powers, and demonstrates how that was made possible by the continuity of an illiberal idea of policing. His conclusion from this paradox is that the purpose of the police was to cultivate the political will of the community rather than enforce laws and keep order.As Sentiment, Reason, and Law shows, the policeTrade ReviewJeff Martin's book is a very welcome volume in Cornell's ground-breaking Police/ Worlds series on security, crime and governance, and this book offers the kind of sustained intellectual analysis of police that I wish I had been able to read as a neophyte comparative criminological researcher prior to visiting Taiwan nearly twenty years ago. Sentiment, Reason, and Law does precisely that, and invites us to consider what concepts, contexts and forms are most pertinent for building a reflective relation to the present. Martin spent almost a decade living in Taiwan, and this book is a fittingly rich intellectual legacy of his sojourn on that enchanted island. * The China Quarterly *Jeffrey T. Martin's book is a masterful addition to the ethnographic literature both on the anthropology of the state and for the anthropology of police and policing. The strength of the book lies in the in-depth fieldwork that, combined with a refusal of presentism, enables Martin to distance himself from culturalism and present Taiwanese police and its work as part of a historical process. Thus, this book can be highly recommended as a contribution to the anthropology of policing and of the state. * Polar *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Backstage Passage 2. The Paichusuo and the Jurisdiction of Qing 3. Policing and the Politics of Care 4. Administrative Repair 5. Holding Things Together 6. Strong Democracy, Weak Police Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat if the job of police was to cultivate the political will of a community to live with itself (rather than enforce law, keep order, or fight crime)? In Sentiment, Reason, and Law, Jeffrey T. Martin describes a world where that is the case.The Republic of China on Taiwan spent nearly four decades as a single-party state under dictatorial rule (19491987) before transitioning to liberal democracy. Here, Martin describes the social life of a neighborhood police station during the first rotation in executive power following the democratic transition. He shows an apparent paradox of how a strong democratic order was built on a foundation of weak police powers, and demonstrates how that was made possible by the continuity of an illiberal idea of policing. His conclusion from this paradox is that the purpose of the police was to cultivate the political will of the community rather than enforce laws and keep order.As Sentiment, Reason, and Law shows, the policeTrade ReviewJeff Martin's book is a very welcome volume in Cornell's ground-breaking Police/ Worlds series on security, crime and governance, and this book offers the kind of sustained intellectual analysis of police that I wish I had been able to read as a neophyte comparative criminological researcher prior to visiting Taiwan nearly twenty years ago. Sentiment, Reason, and Law does precisely that, and invites us to consider what concepts, contexts and forms are most pertinent for building a reflective relation to the present. Martin spent almost a decade living in Taiwan, and this book is a fittingly rich intellectual legacy of his sojourn on that enchanted island. * The China Quarterly *Jeffrey T. Martin's book is a masterful addition to the ethnographic literature both on the anthropology of the state and for the anthropology of police and policing. The strength of the book lies in the in-depth fieldwork that, combined with a refusal of presentism, enables Martin to distance himself from culturalism and present Taiwanese police and its work as part of a historical process. Thus, this book can be highly recommended as a contribution to the anthropology of policing and of the state. * Polar *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Backstage Passage 2. The Paichusuo and the Jurisdiction of Qing 3. Policing and the Politics of Care 4. Administrative Repair 5. Holding Things Together 6. Strong Democracy, Weak Police Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Family to Police Force illuminates the production and contestation of social, familial, and national order on a South Asian borderland. In the borderland that divides Kutch, a district in the western Indian state of Gujarat, from Sindh, a southern province in Pakistan, there are many forces at work: civil and border police, the air wing of the armed forces, paramilitary forces, and various intelligence agencies that depute officers to the region. These groups are the major actors in the field of security and policing. Farhana Ibrahim offers a bird''s-eye view of these groups, drawing on long-standing anthropological engagement with the region. She observes policing on multiple levels, showing in detail that the nation-state is only one of the scales at which policing is enacted at a borderland. Ibrahim draws on multiple sources and forms of policing structure to illuminate everyday interaction on the personal scale, bringing families and individuals Trade ReviewTo explore, illustrate, and advance theories about such "policing," Ibrahim draws on her fieldwork in western India's Rann of Kutch desert region, a contested borderland with Pakistan. She analyzes how patriarchs and senior wives deploy domestic secrecy against surveillance by the public, the Indian state, NGOs, and anthropologists. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: LANDSCAPES OF POLICING 1. Policing Everyday Life on a Border 2. Militarism and Everyday Peace: Gender, Labor, and Policing across "Civil-Military" Terrains PART II: POLICING AND THE FAMILY 3. Policing Muslim Marriage: The Specter of the "Bengali" Wife 4. Blood and Water: The "Bengali" Wife and Close-Kin Marriage among Muslims 5. The Work of Belonging: Citizenship and Social Capital across the Thar Desert Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics in Manila 2. Intimacy, Policing, and Violent Politics in Bagong Silang 3. Police Violence and Corruption in the War on Drugsand Before 4. The Violent Production of Urban Divides 5. Community Activism: From New Birth to the War on Drugs 6. Fraternity Denied 7. The War on Drugs and Beyond: Leaving Bagong Silang

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Book SynopsisCommunal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics explores the notoriously brutal Philippine war on drugs from below. Steffen Bo Jensen and Karl Hapal examine how the war on drugs folded itself into communal and intimate spheres in one Manila neighborhood, Bagong Silang. Police killings have been regular occurrences since the birth of Bagong Silang. Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics shows that although the drug war was introduced from the outside, it fit into and perpetuated already existing gendered and generational structures. In Bagong Silang, the war on drugs implicated local structures of authority, including a justice system that had always been deeply integrated into communal relations. The ways in which the war on drugs transformed these intimate relations between the state and its citizens, and between neighbors, may turn out to be the most lasting impact of Duterte''s infamously violent policies.Table of Contents1. Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics in Manila 2. Intimacy, Policing, and Violent Politics in Bagong Silang 3. Police Violence and Corruption in the War on Drugsand Before 4. The Violent Production of Urban Divides 5. Community Activism: From New Birth to the War on Drugs 6. Fraternity Denied 7. The War on Drugs and Beyond: Leaving Bagong Silang

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Book SynopsisBased on rare, in-depth fieldwork among an undercover police investigative team working in a southern EU maritime state, Gregory Feldman examines how "taking action" against human smuggling rings requires the team to enter the "gray zone", a space where legal and policy prescriptions do not hold. Feldman asks how this seven-member team makes ethical judgments when they secretly investigate smugglers, traffickers, migrants, lawyers, shopkeepers, and many others. He asks readers to consider that gray zones create opportunities both to degrade subjects of investigations and to take unnecessary risks for them. Moving in either direction largely depends upon bureaucratic conditions and team members' willingness to see situations from a variety of perspectives. Feldman explores their personal experiences and daily work in order to crack open wider issues about sovereignty, action, ethics, and, ultimately, being human. Situated at the intersection of the EU migration apparatus and the global, clandestine networks it identifies as security threats, this book allows Feldman to outline an ethnographically-based theory of sovereign action.Trade Review"The Gray Zone is an ethnography of policing unlike any other. Feldman's exhilarating, fast-paced study of an undercover police team is stitched through with a highly original reflection on sovereignty, violence, and distance between ethos and ethics. The Gray Zone is essential reading for anyone interested in the world of policing." -- Mark Maguire * Maynooth University *"The Gray Zone constitutes both a fascinating field-based investigation into how the borders of Europe are policed in invisible and secret ways and a philosophical reflection on the ways in which border spaces interrogate and problematize notions of state power, social order, systemic violence, and the relationship between morality and law in globalization....An invaluable empirical study with significant theoretical underpinnings, this book constitutes a unique account of the ways in which sovereignty is practiced in spaces at the edges of Europe." -- Hélène B. Ducros * Europe Now *"By avoiding trite depictions and predictable analyses of police activity, Feldman has contributed something truly valuable and unique to our understanding of policing in the contemporary world." -- William Garriot * Theoretical Criminology *"The Gray Zone is an outstanding work that will interest any anthropologist dealing with police, security, or migration. Its theoretical scope will allow it to be used extensively in the future, contributing profitably to the debate on contemporary sovereignty." -- Davide Casciano * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *"It is difficult to overstate how thought-provoking The Gray Zone is....[The] fact that the book elicits so many questions indicates the novelty and power of Feldman's approach." -- Dafna Rachok * Allegra Lab *"Gregory Feldman's accomplished new ethnography offers an original consideration of action, ethics, and sovereignty....an overall rewarding and inspiring read." -- Karolina Follis * American Ethnologist *

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Book SynopsisDigital Pirates examines the unauthorized creation, distribution, and consumption of movies and music in Brazil. Alexander Sebastian Dent offers a new definition of piracy as indispensable to current capitalism alongside increasing global enforcement of intellectual property (IP). Complex and capricious laws might prohibit it, but piracy remains a core activity of the twenty-first century. Combining the tools of linguistic and cultural anthropology with models from media studies and political economy, Digital Pirates reveals how the dynamics of IP and piracy serve as strategies for managing the gaps between texts—in this case, digital content. Dent's analysis includes his fieldwork in and around São Paulo with pirates, musicians, filmmakers, police, salesmen, technicians, policymakers, politicians, activists, and consumers. Rather than argue for rigid positions, he suggests that Brazilians are pulled in multiple directions according to the injunctions of international governance, localized pleasure, magical consumption, and economic efficiency. Through its novel theorization of "digital textuality," this book offers crucial insights into the qualities of today's mediascape as well as the particularized political and cultural norms that govern it. The book also shows how twenty-first century capitalism generates piracy and its enforcement simultaneously, while producing fraught consumer experiences in Latin America and beyond.Trade Review"Digital Pirates is an insightful and often beautiful exploration of digitization as a dissolving agent for older cultural forms, a catalyst for new ones, and a context for reconsolidating the boundaries that define markets, institutions, laws, and publics. Alex Dent moves fluidly between theoretical and empirical registers to weave a rich account of lived experience in Brazil that illuminates global cultural change." -- Joe Karaganis * Columbia University *"Smart, sly, and generatively disconcerting, Digital Pirates is an ethnographically textured and theoretically rambunctious charting of emerging mediascapes. Dent provides a complex and challenging account of contemporary Brazil and a principled exploration of the unpredictable resonances at the contested confluence of media, technology, regulatory regimes, and creativity. And he does so with piratical panache." -- Donald L. Brenneis * University of California, Santa Cruz *

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Book SynopsisDigital Pirates examines the unauthorized creation, distribution, and consumption of movies and music in Brazil. Alexander Sebastian Dent offers a new definition of piracy as indispensable to current capitalism alongside increasing global enforcement of intellectual property (IP). Complex and capricious laws might prohibit it, but piracy remains a core activity of the twenty-first century. Combining the tools of linguistic and cultural anthropology with models from media studies and political economy, Digital Pirates reveals how the dynamics of IP and piracy serve as strategies for managing the gaps between texts—in this case, digital content. Dent's analysis includes his fieldwork in and around São Paulo with pirates, musicians, filmmakers, police, salesmen, technicians, policymakers, politicians, activists, and consumers. Rather than argue for rigid positions, he suggests that Brazilians are pulled in multiple directions according to the injunctions of international governance, localized pleasure, magical consumption, and economic efficiency. Through its novel theorization of "digital textuality," this book offers crucial insights into the qualities of today's mediascape as well as the particularized political and cultural norms that govern it. The book also shows how twenty-first century capitalism generates piracy and its enforcement simultaneously, while producing fraught consumer experiences in Latin America and beyond.Trade Review"Digital Pirates is an insightful and often beautiful exploration of digitization as a dissolving agent for older cultural forms, a catalyst for new ones, and a context for reconsolidating the boundaries that define markets, institutions, laws, and publics. Alex Dent moves fluidly between theoretical and empirical registers to weave a rich account of lived experience in Brazil that illuminates global cultural change." -- Joe Karaganis * Columbia University *"Smart, sly, and generatively disconcerting, Digital Pirates is an ethnographically textured and theoretically rambunctious charting of emerging mediascapes. Dent provides a complex and challenging account of contemporary Brazil and a principled exploration of the unpredictable resonances at the contested confluence of media, technology, regulatory regimes, and creativity. And he does so with piratical panache." -- Donald L. Brenneis * University of California, Santa Cruz *

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Book SynopsisTwenty to forty percent of the US prison population will spend time in restricted housing units—or solitary confinement. These separate units within prisons have enhanced security measures, and thousands of staff control and monitor the residents. Though commonly assumed to be punishment for only the most dangerous behaviors, in reality, these units may also be used in response to minor infractions. In Surviving Solitary, Danielle S. Rudes offers an unprecedented look inside RHUs—and a resounding call to more vigorously confront the intentions and realities of these structures. As the narratives unfold we witness the slow and systematic damage the RHUs inflict upon those living and working inside, through increased risk, arbitrary rules, and strained or absent social interactions. Rudes makes the case that we must prioritize improvement over harm. Residents uniformly call for more humane and dignified treatment. Staff yearn for more expansive control. But, as Rudes shows, there also remains fierce resilience among residents and staff and across the communities they forge—and a perpetual hope that they may have a different future. Trade Review"In this landmark study, Rudes shines an essential light on the lives of prisoners and workers in these facilities. It is essential reading that should make an impact well beyond academic criminology."—Shadd Maruna, Queen's University Belfast"This important, insightful book treats the people in RHUs with deep respect, and it tells their story with honesty and power. Rudes has provided an always eloquent, admirably fair, and sometimes shocking portrayal of what our incarceration policies have given us. Many readers will think we should end the practice; those who do not will find a persuasive set of ideas about how to make the RHU world better for those we kept there and for their keepers."—Todd Clear, Rutgers University Law School"Thoughtful and nuanced, this book is pathbreaking for its sensitive portrayal of residents and staff in RHUs. Books this timely, relevant, and important are all too rare."—Chris Uggen, University of Minnesota"Rudes, two colleagues, and more than a score of undergraduate, graduate, and scholarly researchers offer a brilliant 'behind the walls' ethnographic study of incarcerated persons and security staffs.... The result is an exceptionally candid, far-ranging articulation of issues.... Highly recommended."—R. D. McCrie, CHOICE

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Book SynopsisTwenty to forty percent of the US prison population will spend time in restricted housing units—or solitary confinement. These separate units within prisons have enhanced security measures, and thousands of staff control and monitor the residents. Though commonly assumed to be punishment for only the most dangerous behaviors, in reality, these units may also be used in response to minor infractions. In Surviving Solitary, Danielle S. Rudes offers an unprecedented look inside RHUs—and a resounding call to more vigorously confront the intentions and realities of these structures. As the narratives unfold we witness the slow and systematic damage the RHUs inflict upon those living and working inside, through increased risk, arbitrary rules, and strained or absent social interactions. Rudes makes the case that we must prioritize improvement over harm. Residents uniformly call for more humane and dignified treatment. Staff yearn for more expansive control. But, as Rudes shows, there also remains fierce resilience among residents and staff and across the communities they forge—and a perpetual hope that they may have a different future. Trade Review"In this landmark study, Rudes shines an essential light on the lives of prisoners and workers in these facilities. It is essential reading that should make an impact well beyond academic criminology."—Shadd Maruna, Queen's University Belfast"This important, insightful book treats the people in RHUs with deep respect, and it tells their story with honesty and power. Rudes has provided an always eloquent, admirably fair, and sometimes shocking portrayal of what our incarceration policies have given us. Many readers will think we should end the practice; those who do not will find a persuasive set of ideas about how to make the RHU world better for those we kept there and for their keepers."—Todd Clear, Rutgers University Law School"Thoughtful and nuanced, this book is pathbreaking for its sensitive portrayal of residents and staff in RHUs. Books this timely, relevant, and important are all too rare."—Chris Uggen, University of Minnesota"Rudes, two colleagues, and more than a score of undergraduate, graduate, and scholarly researchers offer a brilliant 'behind the walls' ethnographic study of incarcerated persons and security staffs.... The result is an exceptionally candid, far-ranging articulation of issues.... Highly recommended."—R. D. McCrie, CHOICE

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Book SynopsisHow institutional and interpersonal policing have been central to worldmaking Policing is constitutive of colonial modernity: normalizing, internalizing, and legalizing anti-Black violence as the ongoing condition for white life and freedom. The result, Tia Trafford argues here, is a situation where we cannot practically experience or even imagine worlds free from policing. From the plantation to the prison, global apartheid, and pandemic control, this book examines why and how policing has become the most ingrained, commonsense—and insidious—way of managing our world.

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Book SynopsisPolicing and security provision are subjects central to criminology. Yet there are newer and neglected forms that are currently unscrutinised. By examining the work of community safety officers, ambassador patrols, conservation officers, and private police foundations, who operate on and are animated by a frontier, this book reveals why criminological inquiry must reach beyond traditional conceptual and methodological boundaries in the 21st century. Including novel case studies, this multi-disciplinary and international book assembles a rich collection of policing and security frontiers both geographical (e.g. the margins of cities) and conceptual (dispersion and credentialism) not seen or acknowledged previously.Trade Review''By bringing the frontier into the foreground, Lippert and Walby challenge us to question established theories and empirical research into both the historical and contemporary roles and objectives of modern policing.'' Ian Warren, Deakin University''Lippert and Walby have been instrumental in pushing forward the study of plural policing into new and uncharted territory. This thought-provoking and imaginative book continues the journey.'' Adam White, University of Sheffield''This fascinating book breaks down both national and academic borders in order to present a much richer understanding of the increasing coalescence of policing and security provision at the vital but under-researched frontiers of service delivery.'' Sarah Charman, University of Portsmouth"This excellent book adds significantly to the rich body of international scholarship exploring diverse and novel policing and security developments. Utilising innovative methodological approaches, it develops new empirical and conceptual insights into the contemporary nature, logics, practices and working relations of public and private forms of policing.'' Stuart Lister, University of Leeds''Lippert and Walby forcefully show how studying policing and security frontiers is essential to understanding how a number of diverse institutions, actors, logics and strategies are transforming policing today." David Moffette, University of Ottawa''This book is an essential source of information for both scholars and practitioners interested in policing beyond the police: corporate security guards, community safety officers, ambassador patrols and others working on the frontiers of security.'' Ronald van Steden, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Policing and Security Frontiers Getting to the Frontiers: Methodologies Community Safety Officers and the British Invasion: Community Policing Frontiers Conservation Officers, Dispersal and Urban Frontiers Ambassadors on City Centre Frontiers Public Corporate Security Officers and the Frontiers of Knowledge and Credentialism Funding Frontiers: Public Policing, ‘User Pays’ Policing and Police Foundations Conclusion: Policing and Security Frontiers

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Book SynopsisPolicing and security provision are subjects central to criminology. Yet there are newer and neglected forms that are currently unscrutinised. By examining the work of community safety officers, ambassador patrols, conservation officers, and private police foundations, who operate on and are animated by a frontier, this book reveals why criminological inquiry must reach beyond traditional conceptual and methodological boundaries in the 21st century. Including novel case studies, this multi-disciplinary and international book assembles a rich collection of policing and security frontiers both geographical (e.g. the margins of cities) and conceptual (dispersion and credentialism) not seen or acknowledged previously.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Policing and Security Frontiers Getting to the Frontiers: Methodologies Community Safety Officers and the British Invasion: Community Policing Frontiers Conservation Officers, Dispersal and Urban Frontiers Ambassadors on City Centre Frontiers Public Corporate Security Officers and the Frontiers of Knowledge and Credentialism Funding Frontiers: Public Policing, ‘User Pays’ Policing and Police Foundations Conclusion: Policing and Security Frontiers

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Book SynopsisThe death of Michael Brown at the hands of a white Ferguson police officer has uncovered an apparent legitimacy crisis at the heart of American policing. Some have claimed that de-policing may have led officers to become less proactive. How exactly has the policing of gangs and violence changed in the post-Ferguson era? This book explores this question, drawing on participant observation field notes and in-depth interviews with officers, offenders, practitioners, and community members in a Southern American state. As demands for police reform have once again come into focus following George Floyd’s death, this crucial book informs future policing practice to promote effective crime prevention and gain public trust.Trade Review“The exploration by Deuchar et al. of the theory behind strategies positioned to improve police and community relations is valuable for helping practitioners to understand the complexity of police and community relations and how the current situation developed over time. Based on their interviews and observations, they recommend a purposeful plan for improving police community relations that embeds strategies consistent with procedural justice, enhanced transparency, and purposeful outreach.” Police Practice & ResearchTable of ContentsForeword by Scott H. Decker PART I: Introduction Policing, Communities, and the “Legitimacy Crisis”: Context and Empirical Approaches PART II: Police–Community Relations in a New Era of Accountability and Change High-Profile Shootings, the Media, and Police Legitimacy The “Ferguson Effect” and Emergence of “De-policing” Proactive Policing of Gangs: Cops as “Guardians” Reactive Policing of Gangs: Cops as “Warriors” PART III: Practitioner and Youth Insights on Police–Community Relations Police as “Guardians” and “Warriors”: Non-Law Enforcement Insights The Post-Ferguson Era: The Lived Experiences of Young Men in Racial Minority Communities PART IV: Conclusion Future Perspectives on Police–Community Relations

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Book SynopsisTracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century is an anthology of fifteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts covering key topics of the Texas Rangers during the twentieth century. The task of determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accomplished for the benefit of the state is a difficult challenge. The actions of the Rangers fit no easy description. There is a dark side to the story of the Rangers; during the Mexican Revolution, for example, some murdered with impunity. Others sought to restore order in the border communities as well as in the remainder of Texas. It is not lack of interest that complicates the unveiling of the mythical force. With the possible exception of the Alamo, probably more has been written about the Texas Rangers than any other aspect of Texas history.Tracking the Texas Rangers covers leaders such as Captains Bill McDonald, “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas, and Barry Caver, accomplished Rangers like Joaquin Jackson and Arthur Hill, and the use of Rangers in the Mexican Revolution. Chapters discuss their role in the oil fields, in riots, and in capturing outlaws. Most important, the Rangers of the twentieth century experienced changes in investigative techniques, strategy, and intelligence gathering. Tracking looks at the use of Rangers in labor disputes, in race issues, and in the Tejano civil rights movement. The selections cover critical aspects of those experiences—organization, leadership, cultural implications, rural and urban life, and violence.In their introduction, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr., discuss various themes and controversies surrounding the twentieth-century Rangers and their treatment by historians over the years. They also have added annotations to the essays to explain where new research has shed additional light on an event to update or correct the original article text.

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Book SynopsisAs firefighters, even how we answer the phone or the door makes a first and lasting impression on the public and the community we serve. Author Jason Hoevelmann fills in the gaps that may exist in fire service teaching to better prepare you for a lifetime of the greatest job on earth. The New Company Officer tackles the not-so-obvious challenges you will face during your fire service career.Discover: Why do firefighters make bad decisions on the job and off duty? How can firefighters deal with their own problems and their challenges as firefighters? How can you enrich our own career and help your fellow firefighters improve, grow, and advance their own career? The New Company Officer strives to make a big impact on your department and your success. “We do an excellent job pulling hose and throwing ladders,” Hoevelmann writes, “but how do we deal with people every day?” Some of the goals book will help you to achieve are to: be prepared, set expectations, follow through, serve, listen, be humble, be a leader, make no excuses, do your best, and do what others won’t do.What you will learn: How to handle difficult colleagues How to create company drills that keep your firefighters proficient How to delegate and lead by example

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Book SynopsisInto the Smoke is a work of photojournalism and traces Tom Barry’s career as a firefighter—spanning parts of four decades in FDNY—along with the forty-year effort of noted freelance photographer Michael Dick. The era covered in this book is best known in the fire service on the east coast of the United States as the War Years, the urban decay and social unrest that started in the 1960s and persisted, continually fed by arson for profit, into the 1990s. Firefighting is a truckie blindly crawling down a smoke-filled hallway, searching for victims, hoping to find them before the fire does. It is an engine operator, calling on the last ounce of strength and pushing deeper into the apartment to extinguish the fire in the rear bedroom and beat the “Red Devil” one more time. Fellowship of the firefighter Fantasies from childhood intertwine with the terror of impending death, the pain of disfigurement, the joys of success, and the comradeship and respect of their peers. Many of the fires depicted in this book predate OSHA personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements. This period was a fertile stage for innovation and development of firefighting techniques and equipment.Table of Contents The fellowship of the firefighter The senior man and bosses The engine and the truck Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and The Bronx The greatest show on earch Medal day One step beyond Old reliable Pets, probies, and pride A day at the office Two Willys and a Bill Bits and pieces

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Book SynopsisCompany Officer for Fire and Emergency Services provides a foundation in management and leadership principles and practices designed to equip readers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence that will contribute to their professional success throughout their fire service careers. Insights contained in this book will prepare current and future company officers to effectively, efficiently, and safely lead fire and emergency services organizations.Features and Benefits: Designed as both a preparation tool and a valuable resource for incumbent and aspiring company officers Presents a comprehensive overview of the roles and responsibilities of company officers within contemporary fire and emergency services organizations Provides questions and projects to assist candidates in preparing for the knowledge and skills competencies outlined for Fire Officer I and Fire Officer II in NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications Table of Contents 1. Roles and Responsibilities of the Company Officer 2. Making the Transition to Company Officer 3. Management 4. Leadership 5. Oral Communication 6. Written Communication 7. Decision-Making and Problem-Solving 8. Legal and Ethical Responsibilities 9. Fire Department Organization and Structure 10. Stakeholder Expectations and Challenges 11. Community Relations 12. Community Risk Reduction 13. Fire and Life Safety Education 14. Government Relations 15. Working with Other Agencies 16. Training and Mentoring Personnel 17. Motivating and Empowering Personnel 18. Supervising Personnel 19. Performance Evaluation 20. Discipline 21. Developing and Implementing Policies and Procedures 22. Budgeting 23. Labor-Management Relations 24. Information Management 25. Conducting Fire Inspections 26. Conducting Fire Investigations 27. Incident Preplanning 28. Responding to Emergency Incidents 29. Incident Scene Operations 30. Incident Scene Communications 31. Incident Management 32. National Incident Management System 33. Post-Incident Analysis 34. Firefighter Health and Safety 35. Reducing Firefighter Injuries and Fatalities 36. Accident Investigation 37. Succeeding as a Company Officer 38. Developing a Professional Development Plan 39. Preparing for Promotion to Chief Officer 40. Preparing Your Department for the Future Index

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Book SynopsisSince the mid-nineteenth century, Americans have known the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York as a site of industrial production, a place to heal from disease, and a sprawling outdoor playground that must be preserved in its wild state. Less well known, however, has been the area's role in hosting a network of state and federal prisons. A Prison in the Woods traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s through the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected.Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr. reveals that the introduction of correctional facilities -- especially in the last three decades of the twentieth century -- unearthed long-standing conflicts over the proper uses of Adirondack nature, particularly since these sites have contributed to deforestation, pollution, and habitat decline, even as they've provided jobs and spurred economic growth. Additionally, prison plans have challenged individuals' commitment to environmental protection, tested the strength of environmental regulations, endangered environmental and public health, and exposed tensions around race, class, place, and belonging in the isolated prison towns of America's largest state park.Trade Review“This is a pivotal study in the history of carceral systems in the United States. Hall brings together two seemingly dissimilar developments in the Adirondack region—prison development and the rise of environmental consciousness—and in the process adds significantly to our understanding of prison history.” -- Richard W. Judd, author of Second Nature: An Environmental History of New England“With an engaging narrative, Hall draws on important scholarship from the field of carceral history as well as relevant environmental literature to make a persuasive case that two topics that might seem unrelated—prison construction and operation and the environment—are actually inextricably intertwined.” -- David Soll, author of Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply

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Book SynopsisSince the mid-nineteenth century, Americans have known the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York as a site of industrial production, a place to heal from disease, and a sprawling outdoor playground that must be preserved in its wild state. Less well known, however, has been the area's role in hosting a network of state and federal prisons. A Prison in the Woods traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s through the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected.Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr. reveals that the introduction of correctional facilities -- especially in the last three decades of the twentieth century -- unearthed long-standing conflicts over the proper uses of Adirondack nature, particularly since these sites have contributed to deforestation, pollution, and habitat decline, even as they've provided jobs and spurred economic growth. Additionally, prison plans have challenged individuals' commitment to environmental protection, tested the strength of environmental regulations, endangered environmental and public health, and exposed tensions around race, class, place, and belonging in the isolated prison towns of America's largest state park.Trade Review“This is a pivotal study in the history of carceral systems in the United States. Hall brings together two seemingly dissimilar developments in the Adirondack region—prison development and the rise of environmental consciousness—and in the process adds significantly to our understanding of prison history.” -- Richard W. Judd, author of Second Nature: An Environmental History of New England“With an engaging narrative, Hall draws on important scholarship from the field of carceral history as well as relevant environmental literature to make a persuasive case that two topics that might seem unrelated—prison construction and operation and the environment—are actually inextricably intertwined.” -- David Soll, author of Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply

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Book SynopsisThis volume of Opinions Throughout History takes a look at the history and philosophy of policing in America from the vigilante slave catchers of the American South, to the first modern police departments of the Northeast, to the drug war of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Book SynopsisIn 2013, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden leaked secret documents revealing that state agencies like the NSA had spied on the communications of millions of innocent citizens. International outrage resulted, but the Snowden documents revealed only the tip of the surveillance iceberg. Apart from insisting on their rights to tap into communications, more and more states are placing citizens under surveillance, tracking their movements and transactions with public and private institutions. The state is becoming like a one-way mirror where it can see more of what its citizens do and say, while citizens see less and less of what the state does, owing to high levels of secrecy around surveillance.Jane Duncan assesses the relevance of Snowden’s revelations for South Africa. In doing so she questions the extent to which South Africa is becoming a surveillance society governed by a surveillance state. Is surveillance used for the democratic purpose of making people safer, or is it being used for the repressive purpose of social control, especially of those considered to be politically threatening to ruling interests? What kind of collective is needed to ensure that unaccountable surveillance does not take place? What works and what does not work as organised responses? These questions and more are examined in this penetrating analysis of South African and global democracy.Stopping the Spies is aimed at South African citizens, academics as well for general readers who care about our democracy and the direction it is taking.Trade Review"This book makes a timely contribution to the study of surveillance in the South African context. It is important reading not only because of the detailed information it provides about threats to citizen freedoms in post-apartheid South Africa, but also for its constructive suggestions for public agency and resistance." - Herman Wasserman, Professor of Media Studies and Director: Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape TownTable of Contents PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES LIST OF ACRONYMS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Theorising the surveillance state CHAPTER 2 Is privacy dead? Resistance to surveillance after the Snowden disclosures CHAPTER 3 The context of surveillance and social control in South Africa CHAPTER 4 Lawful interception in South Africa CHAPTER 5 State mass surveillance, tactical surveillance and hacking in South Africa CHAPTER 6 Privacy, surveillance and public spaces in South Africa CHAPTER 7 Privacy, surveillance and population management: the turn to biometrics CHAPTER 8 Stopping the spies: resisting unaccountable surveillance in South Africa CHAPTER 9 Conclusion NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisPolice corruption is unquestionably one of the worst forms of corruption, as it can become a serious security issue and undermine a state's legitimacy. This research review brings together the most informative scholarly and practitioner contributions on the subject in recent decades. It covers major aspects of police corruption, including its significance and impact, public perceptions, the causes of corruption and the problem of police culture. It details the situation in selected countries, and explores how and with what success they have addressed the problem. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Leslie Templeman Holmes PART I DEFINITIONAL AND CLASSIFICATORY ASPECTS 1. Maurice Punch (2009), ‘What is Corruption? Definition and Forms of Police Corruption’ 2. Taleh Sayed and David Bruce (1998), ‘Police Corruption: Towards a Working Definition’ 3. John Kleinig (1996), ‘Gratuities and Corruption’ PART II THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF POLICE CORRUPTION 4. Ronald Weitzer (2002), ‘Incidents of Police Misconduct and Public Opinion’ 5. L.W.J.C. (Leo) Huberts, M. (Muel) Kaptein and K. (Karin) Lasthuizen (2007), ‘A Study of the Impact of Three Leadership Styles on Integrity Violations Committed by Police Officers’ 6. Justice Tankebe (2010), ‘Public Confidence in the Police: Testing the Effects of Public Experiences of Police Corruption in Ghana’ PART III PROBLEMS OF MEASUREMENT AND PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE CORRUPTION [63 pp] 7. Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic (2005), ‘Police (Mis)behavior: A Cross-cultural Study of Corruption Seriousness’ 8. Adrian Beck and Ruth Lee (2002), ‘Attitudes to Corruption amongst Russian Police Officers and Trainees’ 9. In Soo Son and Dennis M. Rome (2004), ‘The Prevalence and Visibility of Police Misconduct: A Survey of Citizens and Police Officers’ PART IV THE SITUATION IN PARTICULAR COUNTRIES 10. Joel Miller (2003), ‘Contemporary Police Corruption’ 11. Maurice Punch (2009), ‘The US: from Pad to Crew’ 12. Theodore P. Gerber and Sarah E. Mendelson (2008), ‘Public Experiences of Police Violence and Corruption in Contemporary Russia: A Case of Predatory Policing?’ 13. Elaine Jeffreys (2010), ‘Exposing Police Corruption and Malfeasance: China’s Virgin Prostitute Cases’ PART V POLICE CULTURE 14. Jerome H. Skolnick (2002), ‘Corruption and the Blue Code of Silence’ 15. Andrew Goldsmith (1990), ‘Taking Police Culture Seriously: Police Discretion and the Limits of Law’ 16. Janet Chan (1996), ‘Changing Police Culture’ 17. Jerome H. Skolnik (2008), ‘Enduring Issues of Police Culture and Demographics’ 18. Marilyn Corsianos (2012), ‘The Role of the Masculinist Police Culture in Police Corruption’ 19. John Crank, Dan Flaherty and Andrew Giacomazzi (2007), ‘The Noble Cause: An Empirical Assessment’ PART VI OTHER CAUSES OF POLICE CORRUPTION 20. Lawrence Sherman (1974), ‘Introduction: Towards a Sociological Theory of Police Corruption’ 21. Tim Newburn (1999), ‘The Causes of Police Corruption’ 22. Hubert Williams (2002), ‘Core Factors of Police Corruption across the World’ 23. Louise E. Porter and Celia Warrender (2009), ‘A Multivariate Model of Police Deviance: Examining the Nature of Corruption, Crime and Misconduct’ 24. Kam C. Wong (1998), ‘A Reflection on Police Abuse of Power in the People's Republic of China’ PART VII COUNTERING POLICE CORRUPTION 25. Tim Prenzler (2011), ‘The Evolution of Police Oversight in Australia’ 26. Jon Moran (2002), ‘Anti-Corruption Reforms in the Police: Current Strategies and Issues’ 27. Jon S.T. Quah (2006), ‘Preventing Police Corruption in Singapore: The Role of Recruitment, Training and Socialisation’ 28. Matthew Devlin (2010), ‘Seizing the Reform Moment: Rebuilding Georgia’s Police’ 29. Jinhua Cheng (2009), ‘Police Corruption Control in Hong Kong and New York City: A Dilemma of Checks and Balances in Combating Corruption’ 30. David Bayley and Robert Perito (2011), ‘Police Corruption: What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges’

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book analyzes the evolution of the operational tasks and cooperation of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX), the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL). Exploring the recent expansion of the legal mandates of these decentralized EU agencies and the activities they undertake in practice, David Fernández-Rojo offers a critical assessment of the EU migration agencies.The book identifies two key trends in the administration of the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Fernández-Rojo discusses how on one hand the new legal frameworks of FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL stress that their operational roles are limited to providing national authorities with technical assistance, while on the other hand these agencies are increasingly involved in guaranteeing the enforcement of EU migration, asylum and border management measures. The book expertly illustrates how FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL establish an effective and uniform national implementation of laws and policies, with a focus on their multilateral cooperation in the hotspots established in the aftermath of the refugee crisis.Examining the de jure and de facto operational powers and cooperation of EU migration agencies, this book will be critical reading for academics and students of law, international relations and political science. Its assessment of the effectiveness of policy implementation will also be beneficial for legal practitioners, policy makers and NGOs.Trade Review‘This book offers an insightful analysis of the de jure and de facto operational powers and cooperation of FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL. It evidences a thorough and detailed mapping of the developing role of these agencies in a complex and highly sensitive political context, as well as the legal and other issues this entails. It is therefore a great addition to the library of any scholar interested in EU agencies in the field of migration, asylum and border management and -- related issues.’– Annick Pijnenburg, CML Review‘This book is based on thorough research and a solid empirical-legal -- methodology and offers a critical analysis that is at the same timeappropriately nuanced.’– Mariana Gkliati, EU Law Live'In this detailed and precise guide, the author traces how Europe's border, police, and asylum agencies are evolving in an interactive system of governance. EU Migration Agencies maps out lines of authority, pathways of power, and unexpected feedback loops.' -- - David Scott FitzGerald, University of California, San Diego, US'David Fernández-Rojo has produced an excellent and invaluable book on a topic of great importance and complexity, namely the evolution of the operational tasks and cooperation of three key agencies in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL. His comparative analysis offers crucial insights to understand central aspects for the future of the European Union such as the Schengen area, the Common European Asylum System or the so-called hotspots.' -- - Diego Acosta, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContent: 1. Introduction to Frontex, EASO and Europol as Operational Decentralized Agencies 2. The Establishment and Initial Operational Role of Frontex, EASO and Europol 3. The Reinforced Operational Tasks of Frontex, EASO and Europol and the Impact of their Activities on the Ground 4. Bilateral and Multilateral Operational Cooperation among Frontex, EASO and Europol 5. Limitations to the Reinforced Operational Tasks and Cooperation of Frontex, EASO and Europol 6. Conclusions and Perspectives: An Integrated Administration of Border Management, Migration and Asylum Matters in the EU Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Red Sea is one of the worlds most important trade routes, a theater of power struggle among local, regional and global powers. Military and political developments continue to impact on the geostrategic landscape of the region in the context of its trade thoroughfare for Europe, China, Japan and India; freedom of navigation is a strategic interest for Egypt, and essential for Israels economic ties with Asia. Superpower confrontation is inevitable. China, the US, France, Japan and Saudi Arabia have military bases in Djibouti. US strategy seeks to curb Chinese economic influence and Russian political interference in the region through diplomacy and investment. And at the centre of US alliances is the war on terror still prevalent in the Middle East and East Africa: Islamic terror groups Al Shabaab in Somalia and Kenya; Al Qaeda of the Arab Peninsula in Yemen; and the Islamic State in Egypt. The civil war in Yemen has become the arena for Iran and Saudi Arabias struggle for regional hegemony. Saudi Arabias Sunni Arab coalition have been fighting Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels to a stalemate (December 2018). In 2016 Egypt ceded Saudi Arabia the Tiran and Sanafir Islands, the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas, giving control of the entire length of the Red Sea. This, and other perceived positive geostrategic developments, have to be offset by the nuclearization of the Red Sea basin (directed in part by Russian foreign policy) and the dangers of multiple country military deployments in the hubs of radical Islam and terrorism potential. A stable future for the region cannot be taken for granted. And as alliances shift and change, so will Israels foreign policy and strategic partnerships have to adjust.Trade Review"Reviews of the authors Israel and Islamic Terror Abductions, 19862016: Political terror abductions keeps growing, and this book is an excellent introduction. Highly recommended." -- Choice"Abduction is a grievous weapon in the terrorist arsenal, and this book shows why." -- Joshua Sinai, Washington Post

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Book SynopsisThe expanding remit of policing as a fundamental part of the public health continuum is increasingly acknowledged on the international scene. Similarly the growing role of health professionals as brokers of public safety means that the need for scholarly resources for developing knowledge and broadening theoretical positioning and questioning is becoming urgent and crucial. The fields of law enforcement and public health are beginning to understand the inextricable links between public safety and public health and the need to shift policies and practices towards more integrated practices. This book comes as a first, an utterly timely scholarly collection that brings together the views of multidisciplinary commentators on a wide range of issues and disciplines within the law enforcement and public health (LEPH) arena. The book addresses the more conceptual aspects of the relationship as well as more applied fields of collaboration, and the authors describe and analyze a range of service delivery examples taken from real-life instances of partnerships in action. Among the topics covered: ​Defund, Dismantle or Define Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability Law Enforcement and Mental Health: The Missing Middle The Challenges of Sustaining Partnerships and the Diversification of Cultures Using Public Health Concepts and Metrics to Guide Policing Strategy and Practice Policing Pandemics Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing is essential reading for a wide array of professions and areas of expertise in the intersectoral field of LEPH. It is an indispensable resource for public health and law enforcement specialists (practitioners, educators, scholars, and researchers) and training programs across the world, as well as individuals interested in developing their knowledge and capacity to respond to complex LEPH issues in the field, including public prosecutors, coroners, and the judiciary. The text also can be used for undergraduate and postgraduate university policing, criminology, sociology, psychology, social work, public health, and medicine programs.Trade Review“This book is a collection of papers on topics where the law enforcement and public health industries intersect operationally and in a public policy sense. … This is an excellent reference work for police management, project and policy officers etc., who are interested in better aligning the efforts of policing with other public and private sector agencies, especially in complex policy spaces such as health and community wellbeing.” (APJ, Australian Police Journal, Vol. 76 (2), June, 2022)Table of Contents(Note that all chapters will feature case studies or vignette of approximately 500-750 words) Foreword: Safety and security: the shared space of law enforcement and public healthClifford Shearing, Scott Burris, & Jennifer Wood Law enforcement and public health are alike in many ways. Both are traditional government services that in modern times have been shared between public and private delivery systems. Both claim preventive roles in relation to social harms but devote considerable resources to responding to harms that have already occurred. Both are practiced within and as expressions of professional cultures. Both can create as well as alleviate harm. They share, to a considerable degree, the same operating spaces as they address specific ills like drug overdose, violence, road safety, and mental illness, and deeper social determinants of health and security like poverty and inequality. If we were organizing social services from scratch in 2021, we might well decide to organize law enforcement and public health services differently, but as things stand, the challenge is to consider how the two distinct projects can be better aligned for greater cooperation and effectiveness. The Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) Education Special Interest Group of the Global LEPH Association has initiated this collection of papers on the many and diverse facets of the LEPH intersection. In this preface, the authors briefly consider the evolution of the “LEPH” idea, its promise and limitations, and offer some thoughts about the state of the field today. Preface: Conceptual and practice tensions in LEPH: Public health approaches to policing and police and public health collaborations Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, James Clover, Denise Martin, Richard Southby, & Nick Crofts The Editorial Team will draft the Preface once the content of the textbook has been reviewed in its entirety. Chapter 1 – The historical public health and social work role of the police Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, James Clover, Denise Martin, Richard Southby, & Nick Crofts Drawing on the works of Maurice Punch, Egon Bittner, and others, this chapter provides a historical foundation to the interplay, or sometime the lack thereof, of law enforcement and health systems coordinating responses to protect and support people in the community. As described by Punch (2019, p. ix): The notion of Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) as a specified field for academic attention and professional practice is relatively recent (Anderson and Burris: 2017). It could be argued, however, that the issue of the interaction between the two “systems” – albeit in different ways and forms – is not all that new and is, in fact, a perennial one which long predates the formation of modern agencies of law enforcement and public health. This chapter also includes professional reflections from members of the Editorial team on their experience of the interplay, or lack thereof, between systems. Chapter 2 - Crime reduction and community well-being through community mobilization and leadership Norm Taylor, Cal Corley, Dale McFee & Matthew Torigian. In this chapter, two police executives and two executive advisors collaborate to share their informed perspectives and to explore new forms of police leadership that have emerged over the past decade, leading to broad systemic changes in criminal justice and human services delivery across Canada. Most of what Canadian police officers attend to daily has little to do with criminality. In fact, almost 74% of calls for service involve mental health and addictions, anti-social behaviour, and other social issues. And, the backgrounds of most criminals suggest problems earlier in life, including absent parenting, early development and education, mental health and addictions, inadequate housing, and continuing poverty. Recognizing that the police cannot ‘arrest their way out’ of these situations, and that the policing sector is itself faced with continuing economic pressures, Canadian governments, community-based organizations, the private sector, and academia have been thinking differently about how policing and related human services are organized and delivered to achieve improved outcomes for at-risk individuals, families, and communities. The clear consensus is that more integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches, focused both in the present and upstream, are essential if full capacity is to be applied and real improvements are to occur. Most of the vexing problems facing our communities do not fit nicely within the mandate or realm of any single organization. Traditional government structures do not align with most of the most pressing issues affecting individuals, families, and communities. Manoeuvring through the maze of siloed systems, processes, and procedures is time-consuming and duplicates energies that could otherwise be focused on achieving results. Many are content to work within the existing system. But there is a growing cadre of forward thinking, innovative, and results-oriented police leaders who are actively challenging the status quo and mobilizing action across sectors. In a historical analysis of policing since the mid-1730s, Kempa (2014) argues that policing is in a period of significant transition, shaped by a number of economic, social, and other drivers. History has shown that such periods of transition are marked by considerable experimentation and a challenging of traditional ways of doing things.The last to change are always the legislative and policy underpinnings across the range of human, information sharing, privacy, and criminal justice systems. But the first to change can be traced to innovative forms of leadership. Persevering and achieving results during such transitionary times is often not for the faint of heart. Conventional, hierarchical, and agency-specific leadership habits are most often inadequate for moving an entire complex and multidisciplinary system into action. This chapter traces recent experiences in Canada where results-oriented police leaders have been able to bend the system, to work across disciplines, and to effectively mobilize both traditional and non-traditional partners in the quest to markedly improve community safety and well-being outcomes. These stories can help others in shaping new pathways forward within each unique context. The chapter includes several case examples, framed by an analysis of the essential ingredients in leading for leverage. Chapter 3 – Police officers as public health interventionists and health practitioners as public safety brokers: are these really roles at the margin?Auke J. van Dijk & Jennifer D. Wood For most police officers, public health interventions are not seen as their core business but it probably is If only 20% of police time is spent on things that are related to crime, should we associate police work primarily with the criminal justice system? Public health practitioners in neighbourhoods are not primarily working from a medical perspective, their work is – or should be – community-based or at least community-informed and engaged with the overall public safety. In some cases it is public safety that defines the logic behind public health, like with acute high epidemic and pandemic risks. At the very least both professions have a considerable overlap, and what is needed at this intersection is a common perspective on that shared part of the profession. This chapter treats this overlap as if it were a profession in its own right – and follows the classical definition of a profession consisting of a body of knowledge, body of practice (skills), and a code of ethics. Ethics is a crucial issue in this context, especially the use of force and the potential friction between individual rights and population outcomes. This translates directly in decisions around e.g., information exchange. Part of shared ethics should be the prevention of crisis and coercion. Interesting enough both professions have a tendency to favor ‘crisis’ over ‘lack of clarity’, clearly at the detriment of individual persons as well as community safety and well-being. Chapter 4 – The challenges of sustaining partnerships and the diversification of cultures Denise Martin & William Graham Partnership working and the willingness of different service to collaborate is critical to the success of Law Enforcement and Public Health initiatives. While partnership approaches are not new and can be shown to operate successfully, there are continued challenges around sustaining partnerships in the longer term. Content explores the commonly cited contributory factors that can undermine longevity of collaborations. These factors include short-term planning cycles, limited resources, shifting priorities, and political pressures. This chapter proposes that these pressures often contribute to the reinforcing of siloed approaches and retreatism back into organisational cultures and norms as a way of managing hurdles that these challenges raise. Using examples from the experience of the authors, this chapter provides examples of partnership success and propose ways that using these success indicators might be useful when considering how to sustain partnerships to enable better working across the LEPH interface. Chapter 5 – Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle Stuart DM Thomas, Inga Heyman, Chris White & Nadine Dougall Commonly, in the course of their duties, the police will come into contact with people who have a lived experience of mental illness. It is acknowledged that these contacts can and do happen for a wide variety of reasons and in a broad range of circumstances. Increasingly, police have found that they are responding to call outs and situations involving people experiencing a mental health crisis. While there are ongoing tensions among the police, and community members, about whether this should even be considered ‘police work’ or not, the reality of this situation has required police, health, and social welfare services to develop both local and organisation-level partnerships to help articulate and delineate roles, functions, and professional boundaries. This chapter considers the development and function of these partnerships as they relate to responding to mental health-related situations. We argue that current partnerships are failing to meet the needs of the ‘missing middle’; this group represents a significant proportion of the population who have mental health-related needs but do not meet the threshold for admission to public mental health services, and for whom other community-based care and support are insufficient. The chapter authors exemplify these limitations by focusing on mental health presentations to Emergency Departments and look to pockets of innovation internationally that have sought to address what represents a significant unmet need. Chapter 6 – Violence as a public health issue, and its prevention Stan Gilmour, Richard Bent, Guy Lamb, Zara Quigg Violence and its prevention are of major relevance to overall public health and safety, and the necessary adjustment in how social policy responds to violence in the community calls for integrated partnership. Violence Reduction Units involving close collaborations have been critical in the development of public health approaches to violence prevention. Non-governmental groups such as Cure Violence, whose mission is to reduce violence globally using disease control and the support of behaviour change, are showing promise on the response to managing community violence. Equally there is evidence that governments are recognizing the overwhelming connection between violence and missing social determinants of health, as exemplified by the work being directed by the Mayor of London (UK) Sadiq Khan. This chapter informs the audience to the growing body of knowledge that supports the links between violence and public health. Chapter 7 – LEPH, ethnic minorities, and socio-cultural diversity Author(s) not yet confirmed Any social policy response, whether in policing, health, or similar disciplines, must take into account the uniqueness and the vulnerabilities that exist within and amongst our diverse communities within society. Ethnic and racialized minorities, including indigenous communities, are at often vastly increased risk of involvement with criminal justice and have very impaired health indicators. Chapter 8 - First responders' stress and resilience as a matter of the public health Katy Kamkar & Grant Edwards The nature of the policing requires regular engagement in traumatic events. Coupled with shift work, long hours, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and at a ready state of continual hyper-vigilance, police are increasingly suffering psychological injuries. In this chapter, Commander Grant Edwards relates his personal experiences in how he developed and has dealt with mental health trauma. The health of our police organizations needs to be a consideration as part of the overall public health, and these stories and lessons are applicable to many sectors in society. Content includes the importance of healthy organizational culture and leadership, steps for police workplace mental health strategy including interventions at individual and organizational levels, and the topic of moral suffering in police work, compassion fatigue, and burnout, along with modifiable factors including all of the above mentioned to mitigate risk to psychological injuries. Chapter 9 – Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs: crimes vs. public health issues Author(s) not yet confirmed. Many communities struggle with the impact of substance use and addiction, whether of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. There is much tension between criminal justice approaches and public health approaches to issues around psychoactive substances, with a generally agreed role for police in regulation and reduction of harm related to the use of legal substances, but much contention about roles and responsibilities in relation to drugs currently classified as illegal. Chapter 10 – LEPH and vulnerability Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron & Nicole Asquith There is now widespread scholarly and practice agreement that vulnerability is at the very core of law enforcement and public health partnerships. Practitioners also agree that 'clients' are the same across sectors: police often encounter individuals who have been receiving the care of public health practitioners, or, at the very least, been on the radar of these practitioners. Legislation and policy have, however, remained shy in approaching joint definitions of vulnerability that would help disciplinary and practice collaborations in the field, despite calls for collaboration across sectors. As a result, siloed practices remain the norm and are quickly becoming outdated in terms of service delivery efficiency and appropriate care. This chapter identifies the reasons why seeking a better integration of practice across all sectors is a worthwhile pursuit. The content argues that the futility of debates around disciplinary specificity and fenced-in budgets are at the detriment of better-targeted, holistic service delivery for vulnerable people. It also goes against economic arguments that constantly ask for rationalisation. On the contrary: multidisciplinary practice in law enforcement and public health can show significant return on investment and timely recuperation of costs. Chapter 11 – Epidemiological Criminology Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Developing a National Training Model for Law Enforcement and Public Health Professionals from an Epidemiological Criminology Perspective Timothy A. Akers, Rodney Hill, Paul Archibald, Tina Billington-Hughes, & William Hervey “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” A well-known quote from The Wizard of Oz is very applicable to the topic of this chapter, Epidemiological Criminology (“EpiCrim”). EpiCrim is an emerging theoretical and practical framework that can bridge the knowledge gap between academies and professionals in law enforcement and public health. The emergence of new modalities, techniques, and approaches among the biological, psychological, sociological, and environmental determinants can further bring forth both the subtle and overt practices across these seemingly diverse professions. Law Enforcement has always seen the public’s health as their basic tenet while public health has teetered back and forth between enforcement and prevention. Epidemiological Criminology also integrates both the subtle and overt distinctions between the biomedical and behavioral disparities common to these perspectives while, at the same time, introduces new insights, models, and approaches to the centuries-old ways both professions recruit, train, and practice. Chapter 12 – Evidence-informed policing: Using public health metrics and evidence to shape policing strategy and practice. Brandon del Pozo As the challenges communities face become more complex, police are being asked to form closer partnerships with other institutions and agencies in all aspects of their work, from response to mental health and drug crises, to homeless conditions and addressing violent crime. To form the most effective partnerships, police leaders can benefit from a good grasp of the methods of public health. This chapter reveals how leveraging the concepts and measures within public health can allow police agencies to identify goals and problem-solving techniques that focus on concepts such as epidemiology and structural determinants of health to go beyond arrests, seizures, and crime rates, and to deliver public safety in collaboration with partners that minimizes negative collateral consequences for all. Chapter 13 - The role of police in the response to HIV Nick Crofts & David Patterson Police behaviours are the key determinants of the risk environment for many people at risk of HIV. This is especially the case for street-based communities of sex workers and people who inject drugs, but applies to other marginalised communities such as MSM and transgendered people, as well. The injurious impact of much police behaviour towards these communities has been well-documented. What is not so well-documented is how these behaviours can be changed, and how they are being changed, to make allies of police in the struggle against HIV rather than enemies. Police can play a vital role in facilitating access to life-saving services that seek to reduce the impact of HIV in their community. By ameliorating the potential harmful impacts of the application of criminal and administrative laws in some circumstances, and reducing stigmatization and discrimination to which key populations are exposed, police can play a vital leadership role in the fight against HIV and other harmful aspects of drug use. There is an increasing number and range of HIV prevention and care programs in which police are working as effective partners; this chapter critically evaluates the role of police in the HIV response and distills and learns from the experience of those working successfully with police against HIV and discrimination. Chapter 14 – Southern policing and the applicability of LEPH to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Melissa Jardine & Auke van Dijk Explorations of law enforcement and public health (LEPH) issues have been concentrated in the global North (Punch & James, 2016) despite more than half of the world’s population being found in the global South and with much more diverse experiences. The utility of LEPH approaches as mechanisms for protecting public safety and enhancing community well-being are increasingly being examined with a view to developing a theoretical framework to analyse the multiple intersections of LEPH (van Dijk et al, 2019). Drawing on a Southern perspective (Connell, 2007; Carrington et al, 2016; Jardine, 2019), this chapter illuminates the importance of developing a LEPH framework that can account for the diversity of experience across both global North and South. We do this by drawing attention to a range of variables that shape knowledge of, or the design and implementation of, LEPH approaches – or their absence. These variables include examining the international environment, global information networks, and dissemination; political regimes and ideologies; national level/societal cultures; overarching policing paradigms; occupational cultures (i.e., police and health); individual conditions, vulnerable groups, and places; as well as tangible and intangible resources such as available infrastructure and levels of trust in public institutions, among others. The authors argue that these variables interact in myriad ways that are not necessarily unidirectional or linear, and subsequently have important implications for understanding the role of police services and other agencies in public protection in the global South. Chapter 15 – Emergency preparedness: law enforcement and health working together Karl Roberts (et al) The necessity for interoperability amongst health and law enforcement is at no time more relevant as it is now with the pandemic of COVID-19. Providing sufficient and appropriate support to manage the public’s health and safety requires close and effective collaboration. Chapter 16 – LEPH education Richard Southby, Inga Heyman, Isabelle Bartkowiak et al. Increasing expectations placed upon all sectors, including policing, will require each discipline to explore and reimagine what education and training is provided to current and future practitioners. This becomes further complicated when these sectors seek improved interoperability amongst each other. This chapter explores the challenges and opportunities that exist when developing and delivering LEPH education, and offers the audience suggestions and considerations for developing and delivering LEPH education within their respective area or discipline. These suggestions and considerations are drawn from the content of the chapters contained, as a conclusion to the textbook and encouragement for further research, collaboration, and action.Chapter 17 -- Policing PandemicsProfessor Karl Roberts, World Health Organisation, Western Sydney University and University of Johannesburg; Dr Victoria Herrington, Australian Institute of Police Management, Australia Currently the world is in the grip of a pandemic, COVID-19. This has presented many challenges to governments in general and to police in particular. Police have a significant role in a nation’s response to a pandemic carrying out a range of important functions. These might include enforcing quarantine, isolation, and travel bans; providing security to medical personnel; protecting and transporting medical equipment, vaccines, and medical samples; providing advice and reassurance to the public; supporting investigations into the source of an outbreak; identifying new cases of disease or who is at risk from it. In cases where a disease is suspected of having been started as a result of human action, law enforcement will likely take the lead in investigations to identify and bring the culprit to justice. All of these roles will be added to many of the usual policing duties required during a pandemic. There are, however, many challenges for police in responding to pandemics. They may be required to engage with agencies such as Public Health that they don’t normally work with. This can cause difficulties with lack of mutual understanding of processes, policies, and practices and lack of trust between agencies. Other challenges include protecting officers from infection, safe handling of samples, and effective management of stress, anxiety, and possible bereavement amongst police staff. All of this in a context of likely high staff attrition. This chapter explores policing during pandemics, the challenges faced by police, and potential solutions. Chapter 18 -- Role of Prosecutors in Achieving the Public Health Mission (TBD)Author(s) not yet confirmed.Abstract forthcoming

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Book SynopsisThe expanding remit of policing as a fundamental part of the public health continuum is increasingly acknowledged on the international scene. Similarly the growing role of health professionals as brokers of public safety means that the need for scholarly resources for developing knowledge and broadening theoretical positioning and questioning is becoming urgent and crucial. The fields of law enforcement and public health are beginning to understand the inextricable links between public safety and public health and the need to shift policies and practices towards more integrated practices. This book comes as a first, an utterly timely scholarly collection that brings together the views of multidisciplinary commentators on a wide range of issues and disciplines within the law enforcement and public health (LEPH) arena. The book addresses the more conceptual aspects of the relationship as well as more applied fields of collaboration, and the authors describe and analyze a range of service delivery examples taken from real-life instances of partnerships in action. Among the topics covered: ​Defund, Dismantle or Define Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability Law Enforcement and Mental Health: The Missing Middle The Challenges of Sustaining Partnerships and the Diversification of Cultures Using Public Health Concepts and Metrics to Guide Policing Strategy and Practice Policing Pandemics Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing is essential reading for a wide array of professions and areas of expertise in the intersectoral field of LEPH. It is an indispensable resource for public health and law enforcement specialists (practitioners, educators, scholars, and researchers) and training programs across the world, as well as individuals interested in developing their knowledge and capacity to respond to complex LEPH issues in the field, including public prosecutors, coroners, and the judiciary. The text also can be used for undergraduate and postgraduate university policing, criminology, sociology, psychology, social work, public health, and medicine programs.Trade Review“This book is a collection of papers on topics where the law enforcement and public health industries intersect operationally and in a public policy sense. … This is an excellent reference work for police management, project and policy officers etc., who are interested in better aligning the efforts of policing with other public and private sector agencies, especially in complex policy spaces such as health and community wellbeing.” (APJ, Australian Police Journal, Vol. 76 (2), June, 2022)Table of Contents(Note that all chapters will feature case studies or vignette of approximately 500-750 words) Foreword: Safety and security: the shared space of law enforcement and public healthClifford Shearing, Scott Burris, & Jennifer Wood Law enforcement and public health are alike in many ways. Both are traditional government services that in modern times have been shared between public and private delivery systems. Both claim preventive roles in relation to social harms but devote considerable resources to responding to harms that have already occurred. Both are practiced within and as expressions of professional cultures. Both can create as well as alleviate harm. They share, to a considerable degree, the same operating spaces as they address specific ills like drug overdose, violence, road safety, and mental illness, and deeper social determinants of health and security like poverty and inequality. If we were organizing social services from scratch in 2021, we might well decide to organize law enforcement and public health services differently, but as things stand, the challenge is to consider how the two distinct projects can be better aligned for greater cooperation and effectiveness. The Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) Education Special Interest Group of the Global LEPH Association has initiated this collection of papers on the many and diverse facets of the LEPH intersection. In this preface, the authors briefly consider the evolution of the “LEPH” idea, its promise and limitations, and offer some thoughts about the state of the field today. Preface: Conceptual and practice tensions in LEPH: Public health approaches to policing and police and public health collaborations Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, James Clover, Denise Martin, Richard Southby, & Nick Crofts The Editorial Team will draft the Preface once the content of the textbook has been reviewed in its entirety. Chapter 1 – The historical public health and social work role of the police Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, James Clover, Denise Martin, Richard Southby, & Nick Crofts Drawing on the works of Maurice Punch, Egon Bittner, and others, this chapter provides a historical foundation to the interplay, or sometime the lack thereof, of law enforcement and health systems coordinating responses to protect and support people in the community. As described by Punch (2019, p. ix): The notion of Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) as a specified field for academic attention and professional practice is relatively recent (Anderson and Burris: 2017). It could be argued, however, that the issue of the interaction between the two “systems” – albeit in different ways and forms – is not all that new and is, in fact, a perennial one which long predates the formation of modern agencies of law enforcement and public health. This chapter also includes professional reflections from members of the Editorial team on their experience of the interplay, or lack thereof, between systems. Chapter 2 - Crime reduction and community well-being through community mobilization and leadership Norm Taylor, Cal Corley, Dale McFee & Matthew Torigian. In this chapter, two police executives and two executive advisors collaborate to share their informed perspectives and to explore new forms of police leadership that have emerged over the past decade, leading to broad systemic changes in criminal justice and human services delivery across Canada. Most of what Canadian police officers attend to daily has little to do with criminality. In fact, almost 74% of calls for service involve mental health and addictions, anti-social behaviour, and other social issues. And, the backgrounds of most criminals suggest problems earlier in life, including absent parenting, early development and education, mental health and addictions, inadequate housing, and continuing poverty. Recognizing that the police cannot ‘arrest their way out’ of these situations, and that the policing sector is itself faced with continuing economic pressures, Canadian governments, community-based organizations, the private sector, and academia have been thinking differently about how policing and related human services are organized and delivered to achieve improved outcomes for at-risk individuals, families, and communities. The clear consensus is that more integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches, focused both in the present and upstream, are essential if full capacity is to be applied and real improvements are to occur. Most of the vexing problems facing our communities do not fit nicely within the mandate or realm of any single organization. Traditional government structures do not align with most of the most pressing issues affecting individuals, families, and communities. Manoeuvring through the maze of siloed systems, processes, and procedures is time-consuming and duplicates energies that could otherwise be focused on achieving results. Many are content to work within the existing system. But there is a growing cadre of forward thinking, innovative, and results-oriented police leaders who are actively challenging the status quo and mobilizing action across sectors. In a historical analysis of policing since the mid-1730s, Kempa (2014) argues that policing is in a period of significant transition, shaped by a number of economic, social, and other drivers. History has shown that such periods of transition are marked by considerable experimentation and a challenging of traditional ways of doing things.The last to change are always the legislative and policy underpinnings across the range of human, information sharing, privacy, and criminal justice systems. But the first to change can be traced to innovative forms of leadership. Persevering and achieving results during such transitionary times is often not for the faint of heart. Conventional, hierarchical, and agency-specific leadership habits are most often inadequate for moving an entire complex and multidisciplinary system into action. This chapter traces recent experiences in Canada where results-oriented police leaders have been able to bend the system, to work across disciplines, and to effectively mobilize both traditional and non-traditional partners in the quest to markedly improve community safety and well-being outcomes. These stories can help others in shaping new pathways forward within each unique context. The chapter includes several case examples, framed by an analysis of the essential ingredients in leading for leverage. Chapter 3 – Police officers as public health interventionists and health practitioners as public safety brokers: are these really roles at the margin?Auke J. van Dijk & Jennifer D. Wood For most police officers, public health interventions are not seen as their core business but it probably is If only 20% of police time is spent on things that are related to crime, should we associate police work primarily with the criminal justice system? Public health practitioners in neighbourhoods are not primarily working from a medical perspective, their work is – or should be – community-based or at least community-informed and engaged with the overall public safety. In some cases it is public safety that defines the logic behind public health, like with acute high epidemic and pandemic risks. At the very least both professions have a considerable overlap, and what is needed at this intersection is a common perspective on that shared part of the profession. This chapter treats this overlap as if it were a profession in its own right – and follows the classical definition of a profession consisting of a body of knowledge, body of practice (skills), and a code of ethics. Ethics is a crucial issue in this context, especially the use of force and the potential friction between individual rights and population outcomes. This translates directly in decisions around e.g., information exchange. Part of shared ethics should be the prevention of crisis and coercion. Interesting enough both professions have a tendency to favor ‘crisis’ over ‘lack of clarity’, clearly at the detriment of individual persons as well as community safety and well-being. Chapter 4 – The challenges of sustaining partnerships and the diversification of cultures Denise Martin & William Graham Partnership working and the willingness of different service to collaborate is critical to the success of Law Enforcement and Public Health initiatives. While partnership approaches are not new and can be shown to operate successfully, there are continued challenges around sustaining partnerships in the longer term. Content explores the commonly cited contributory factors that can undermine longevity of collaborations. These factors include short-term planning cycles, limited resources, shifting priorities, and political pressures. This chapter proposes that these pressures often contribute to the reinforcing of siloed approaches and retreatism back into organisational cultures and norms as a way of managing hurdles that these challenges raise. Using examples from the experience of the authors, this chapter provides examples of partnership success and propose ways that using these success indicators might be useful when considering how to sustain partnerships to enable better working across the LEPH interface. Chapter 5 – Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle Stuart DM Thomas, Inga Heyman, Chris White & Nadine Dougall Commonly, in the course of their duties, the police will come into contact with people who have a lived experience of mental illness. It is acknowledged that these contacts can and do happen for a wide variety of reasons and in a broad range of circumstances. Increasingly, police have found that they are responding to call outs and situations involving people experiencing a mental health crisis. While there are ongoing tensions among the police, and community members, about whether this should even be considered ‘police work’ or not, the reality of this situation has required police, health, and social welfare services to develop both local and organisation-level partnerships to help articulate and delineate roles, functions, and professional boundaries. This chapter considers the development and function of these partnerships as they relate to responding to mental health-related situations. We argue that current partnerships are failing to meet the needs of the ‘missing middle’; this group represents a significant proportion of the population who have mental health-related needs but do not meet the threshold for admission to public mental health services, and for whom other community-based care and support are insufficient. The chapter authors exemplify these limitations by focusing on mental health presentations to Emergency Departments and look to pockets of innovation internationally that have sought to address what represents a significant unmet need. Chapter 6 – Violence as a public health issue, and its prevention Stan Gilmour, Richard Bent, Guy Lamb, Zara Quigg Violence and its prevention are of major relevance to overall public health and safety, and the necessary adjustment in how social policy responds to violence in the community calls for integrated partnership. Violence Reduction Units involving close collaborations have been critical in the development of public health approaches to violence prevention. Non-governmental groups such as Cure Violence, whose mission is to reduce violence globally using disease control and the support of behaviour change, are showing promise on the response to managing community violence. Equally there is evidence that governments are recognizing the overwhelming connection between violence and missing social determinants of health, as exemplified by the work being directed by the Mayor of London (UK) Sadiq Khan. This chapter informs the audience to the growing body of knowledge that supports the links between violence and public health. Chapter 7 – LEPH, ethnic minorities, and socio-cultural diversity Author(s) not yet confirmed Any social policy response, whether in policing, health, or similar disciplines, must take into account the uniqueness and the vulnerabilities that exist within and amongst our diverse communities within society. Ethnic and racialized minorities, including indigenous communities, are at often vastly increased risk of involvement with criminal justice and have very impaired health indicators. Chapter 8 - First responders' stress and resilience as a matter of the public health Katy Kamkar & Grant Edwards The nature of the policing requires regular engagement in traumatic events. Coupled with shift work, long hours, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and at a ready state of continual hyper-vigilance, police are increasingly suffering psychological injuries. In this chapter, Commander Grant Edwards relates his personal experiences in how he developed and has dealt with mental health trauma. The health of our police organizations needs to be a consideration as part of the overall public health, and these stories and lessons are applicable to many sectors in society. Content includes the importance of healthy organizational culture and leadership, steps for police workplace mental health strategy including interventions at individual and organizational levels, and the topic of moral suffering in police work, compassion fatigue, and burnout, along with modifiable factors including all of the above mentioned to mitigate risk to psychological injuries. Chapter 9 – Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs: crimes vs. public health issues Author(s) not yet confirmed. Many communities struggle with the impact of substance use and addiction, whether of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. There is much tension between criminal justice approaches and public health approaches to issues around psychoactive substances, with a generally agreed role for police in regulation and reduction of harm related to the use of legal substances, but much contention about roles and responsibilities in relation to drugs currently classified as illegal. Chapter 10 – LEPH and vulnerability Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron & Nicole Asquith There is now widespread scholarly and practice agreement that vulnerability is at the very core of law enforcement and public health partnerships. Practitioners also agree that 'clients' are the same across sectors: police often encounter individuals who have been receiving the care of public health practitioners, or, at the very least, been on the radar of these practitioners. Legislation and policy have, however, remained shy in approaching joint definitions of vulnerability that would help disciplinary and practice collaborations in the field, despite calls for collaboration across sectors. As a result, siloed practices remain the norm and are quickly becoming outdated in terms of service delivery efficiency and appropriate care. This chapter identifies the reasons why seeking a better integration of practice across all sectors is a worthwhile pursuit. The content argues that the futility of debates around disciplinary specificity and fenced-in budgets are at the detriment of better-targeted, holistic service delivery for vulnerable people. It also goes against economic arguments that constantly ask for rationalisation. On the contrary: multidisciplinary practice in law enforcement and public health can show significant return on investment and timely recuperation of costs. Chapter 11 – Epidemiological Criminology Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Developing a National Training Model for Law Enforcement and Public Health Professionals from an Epidemiological Criminology Perspective Timothy A. Akers, Rodney Hill, Paul Archibald, Tina Billington-Hughes, & William Hervey “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” A well-known quote from The Wizard of Oz is very applicable to the topic of this chapter, Epidemiological Criminology (“EpiCrim”). EpiCrim is an emerging theoretical and practical framework that can bridge the knowledge gap between academies and professionals in law enforcement and public health. The emergence of new modalities, techniques, and approaches among the biological, psychological, sociological, and environmental determinants can further bring forth both the subtle and overt practices across these seemingly diverse professions. Law Enforcement has always seen the public’s health as their basic tenet while public health has teetered back and forth between enforcement and prevention. Epidemiological Criminology also integrates both the subtle and overt distinctions between the biomedical and behavioral disparities common to these perspectives while, at the same time, introduces new insights, models, and approaches to the centuries-old ways both professions recruit, train, and practice. Chapter 12 – Evidence-informed policing: Using public health metrics and evidence to shape policing strategy and practice. Brandon del Pozo As the challenges communities face become more complex, police are being asked to form closer partnerships with other institutions and agencies in all aspects of their work, from response to mental health and drug crises, to homeless conditions and addressing violent crime. To form the most effective partnerships, police leaders can benefit from a good grasp of the methods of public health. This chapter reveals how leveraging the concepts and measures within public health can allow police agencies to identify goals and problem-solving techniques that focus on concepts such as epidemiology and structural determinants of health to go beyond arrests, seizures, and crime rates, and to deliver public safety in collaboration with partners that minimizes negative collateral consequences for all. Chapter 13 - The role of police in the response to HIV Nick Crofts & David Patterson Police behaviours are the key determinants of the risk environment for many people at risk of HIV. This is especially the case for street-based communities of sex workers and people who inject drugs, but applies to other marginalised communities such as MSM and transgendered people, as well. The injurious impact of much police behaviour towards these communities has been well-documented. What is not so well-documented is how these behaviours can be changed, and how they are being changed, to make allies of police in the struggle against HIV rather than enemies. Police can play a vital role in facilitating access to life-saving services that seek to reduce the impact of HIV in their community. By ameliorating the potential harmful impacts of the application of criminal and administrative laws in some circumstances, and reducing stigmatization and discrimination to which key populations are exposed, police can play a vital leadership role in the fight against HIV and other harmful aspects of drug use. There is an increasing number and range of HIV prevention and care programs in which police are working as effective partners; this chapter critically evaluates the role of police in the HIV response and distills and learns from the experience of those working successfully with police against HIV and discrimination. Chapter 14 – Southern policing and the applicability of LEPH to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Melissa Jardine & Auke van Dijk Explorations of law enforcement and public health (LEPH) issues have been concentrated in the global North (Punch & James, 2016) despite more than half of the world’s population being found in the global South and with much more diverse experiences. The utility of LEPH approaches as mechanisms for protecting public safety and enhancing community well-being are increasingly being examined with a view to developing a theoretical framework to analyse the multiple intersections of LEPH (van Dijk et al, 2019). Drawing on a Southern perspective (Connell, 2007; Carrington et al, 2016; Jardine, 2019), this chapter illuminates the importance of developing a LEPH framework that can account for the diversity of experience across both global North and South. We do this by drawing attention to a range of variables that shape knowledge of, or the design and implementation of, LEPH approaches – or their absence. These variables include examining the international environment, global information networks, and dissemination; political regimes and ideologies; national level/societal cultures; overarching policing paradigms; occupational cultures (i.e., police and health); individual conditions, vulnerable groups, and places; as well as tangible and intangible resources such as available infrastructure and levels of trust in public institutions, among others. The authors argue that these variables interact in myriad ways that are not necessarily unidirectional or linear, and subsequently have important implications for understanding the role of police services and other agencies in public protection in the global South. Chapter 15 – Emergency preparedness: law enforcement and health working together Karl Roberts (et al) The necessity for interoperability amongst health and law enforcement is at no time more relevant as it is now with the pandemic of COVID-19. Providing sufficient and appropriate support to manage the public’s health and safety requires close and effective collaboration. Chapter 16 – LEPH education Richard Southby, Inga Heyman, Isabelle Bartkowiak et al. Increasing expectations placed upon all sectors, including policing, will require each discipline to explore and reimagine what education and training is provided to current and future practitioners. This becomes further complicated when these sectors seek improved interoperability amongst each other. This chapter explores the challenges and opportunities that exist when developing and delivering LEPH education, and offers the audience suggestions and considerations for developing and delivering LEPH education within their respective area or discipline. These suggestions and considerations are drawn from the content of the chapters contained, as a conclusion to the textbook and encouragement for further research, collaboration, and action.Chapter 17 -- Policing PandemicsProfessor Karl Roberts, World Health Organisation, Western Sydney University and University of Johannesburg; Dr Victoria Herrington, Australian Institute of Police Management, Australia Currently the world is in the grip of a pandemic, COVID-19. This has presented many challenges to governments in general and to police in particular. Police have a significant role in a nation’s response to a pandemic carrying out a range of important functions. These might include enforcing quarantine, isolation, and travel bans; providing security to medical personnel; protecting and transporting medical equipment, vaccines, and medical samples; providing advice and reassurance to the public; supporting investigations into the source of an outbreak; identifying new cases of disease or who is at risk from it. In cases where a disease is suspected of having been started as a result of human action, law enforcement will likely take the lead in investigations to identify and bring the culprit to justice. All of these roles will be added to many of the usual policing duties required during a pandemic. There are, however, many challenges for police in responding to pandemics. They may be required to engage with agencies such as Public Health that they don’t normally work with. This can cause difficulties with lack of mutual understanding of processes, policies, and practices and lack of trust between agencies. Other challenges include protecting officers from infection, safe handling of samples, and effective management of stress, anxiety, and possible bereavement amongst police staff. All of this in a context of likely high staff attrition. This chapter explores policing during pandemics, the challenges faced by police, and potential solutions. Chapter 18 -- Role of Prosecutors in Achieving the Public Health Mission (TBD)Author(s) not yet confirmed.Abstract forthcoming

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