Policing in Context

Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
1 Introduction
Police functions and services
Police and the fear of crime
Policing models
The public and policing
The future of policing
2 Histories of Policing
The concept of ‘the police’
Policing in Australia: models and structures
Policing, colonisation and Indigenous Australians
Recruits, training and discipline
The work of policing
Conclusion
3 Eras of Policing
Introduction
Models of policing
The political era
The reform era
The community problem-solving era
Policing in an era of uncertainty
Conclusion
4 Organisation and Management of Police
Introduction
Organisational reform and restructuring in policing
The notion of ‘governance’ in policing
‘Tension spaces’ and managing complexity
Conclusion
5 Police Power and Duties
Introduction
The evolution of police powers in Australia
The nature and range of police powers
Sources of police powers
Checks and balances
Conclusion
6 Oversight, Integrity and Ethics
Introduction
Police subculture
Group identification and social desirability bias
Ethical issues in policing
Respect for other cultures
Discrimination and the rule of law
Conflicts of interest
Accountability measures
Strategies for addressing corruption
Conclusion
7 Process of Investigations
Introduction
Investigations
Initial response
Physical evidence
Interviewing
Legal considerations
Attributes of an interviewer
The polygraph
Conclusion
8 Intelligence Led Policing
Introduction
The military model
A police model
Addressing an issue
The evolution to intelligence led policing
Effective management of police information
Intelligence analyst software
The role of the intelligence analyst
Conclusion
9 Policing Indigenous Peoples
Introduction
Historical background
Policing Indigenous peoples today
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Responding to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991)
Conclusion
10 Policing Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Communities
Introduction
History of relations between police and ethnic communities
Police efforts to engage diverse communities
Conclusion
11 Policing Transnational Crime
Introduction
What is transnational organised crime?
Characteristics of transnational crime
Transnational crime in Australia
International response to transnational organised crime
Conclusion
12 The International Deployment Group
Introduction
The evolution of international civilian policing
International Deployment Group
Future challenges
References
Index