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“maurice punch”

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  • Police Corruption

    Exploring Police Deviance and Crime

    by Maurice Punch ...
    Policing and corruption are inseparable. This book argues that corruption is not one thing but covers many deviant and criminal practices in policing which also shift over time. It rejects the 'bad apple' metaphor and focuses on 'bad orchards', meaning not individual but institutional failure. For in policing the organisation, work and culture foster can encourage corruption. This raises issues as ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • State Violence, Collusion and the Troubles

    Counter Insurgency, Government Deviance and Northern Ireland

    by Maurice Punch ...
    The period in Northern Ireland known as 'the Troubles' (1968-98) seemed to have been conclusively ended by the official peace process. But recent violence from dissident Republicans shows that tensions from the past remain unresolved.State Violence, Collusion and the Troubles reveals disturbing unanswered questions about the use of state violence during this period. Maurice Punch documents in ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shoot to kill

    Police accountability, firearms and fatal force

    by Maurice Punch ...
    The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell underground station in 2005 raised acute issues about operational practice, legitimacy, accountability and policy making regarding police use of fatal force. It dramatically exposed a policy, referred to popularly as 'shoot to kill', which came not from Parliament but from the non-statutory ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers). This vital ... Read more

    $38.39 CAD

  • Crime and Deviance in the Colleges

    Elite Student Excess and Sexual Abuse

    by Maurice Punch ...
    Timely and urgent, this book examines the culture and governance of colleges and universities regarding both excess in elite student societies and sexual violence, particularly against female students. Taking into account the deaths, serious injuries and grave sexual abuse taking place among student populations, the book takes a criminological and sociological perspective on the institutions, ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • What Matters in Policing?

    Change, Values and Leadership in Turbulent Times

    by Auke van Dijk, Frank Hoogewoning, Maurice Punch ...
    Policing is at a turbulent turning point: the pace of change is accelerating with renewed emphasis on crime reduction yet with austerity. This topical book examines what matters in policing, rather than just what works. It compares the implications of restructuring in the UK and The Netherlands, also in the USA, regarding police systems, policing paradigms and research knowledge. The authors, who ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • What is Policing?

    by P.A.J Waddington, Martin Wright ...
    Series series Policing Matters Series
    This text provides an accessible, up-to-date and thought-provoking introduction to policing for all those undertaking degrees and foundation degrees. It aims not only to inform students and prepare them for their course, but also to expose them to some of the challenges they will face as they begin their studies and/or policing careers. This book is the essential foundation for the Policing ... Read more

    $68.79 CAD

  • The Violence of Incarceration

    Edited by Phil Scraton, Jude McCulloch ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Criminology
    Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the humiliations and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, of the suicides and hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and of the disappearances of detainees through extraordinary rendition, this book explores the connections between these shameful events and the inhumanity and degradation of domestic prisons within the 'allied' states, including the USA, ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Police in Canada

    The Real Story

    by John Sewell ...
    What's going on with Canada's police? Once an institution that commanded respect and trust, the police are now widely regarded with skepticism and even suspicion. The dramatic death of Robert Dziekanski at the hands of the RCMP at Vancouver's airport, accusations of racial profiling, and the resistance of police to independent civilian oversight have created the impression of organizations and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Excessive Force

    Toronto's Fight to Reform City Policing

    by Alok Mukherjee, Tim Harper ...
    Alok Mukherjee was the civilian overseer of the Toronto police between 2005 and 2015, during the most tumultuous decade the force had ever faced. In this provocative and highly readable collaboration with Tim Harper, former Toronto Star national affairs columnist, Mukherjee reveals how Police Chief Bill Blair changed the channel after the police-killing of Sammy Yatim. He explains how society has ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canadian Policing in the 21st Century

    A Frontline Officer on Challenges and Changes

    by Robert Chrismas ...
    How can police remain effective and vital in an era of unprecedented technological advances, access to information, and the global transformation of crime? Written by a long-serving officer, Canadian Policing in the 21st Century offers a rare look at street-level police work and the hidden culture behind the badge. Robert Chrismas shares experiences from his years of service to highlight areas ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure

    Edited by Clive Harfield ...
    This practical handbook follows the successful flexicover format of Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook and is designed to complement that publication by offering guidance on good practice in core policing areas. Aimed at junior patrol officers, student officers and trainee detectives, it draws together practical advice across a wide range of police duties, along with extracts and ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Policing

    Edited by Tim Newburn ...
    This new edition of the Handbook of Policing updates and expands the highly successful first edition, and now includes a completely new chapter on policing and forensics. It provides a comprehensive, but highly readable overview of policing in the UK, and is an essential reference point, combining the expertise of leading academic experts on policing and policing practitioners themselves. ... Read more

    $148.40 CAD