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Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2024 offers comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge required of future police officers, from pre-join degree courses and degree apprenticeships to progression from serving as a Special or working as a PCSO.
List of contents
- Part I Professional Policing in England and Wales
- 1: Introducing the Handbook
- 2: Maintaining Professional Standards
- 3: Understanding the Police Constable Role
- 4: Decision-making and Discretion
- 5: Evidence-based Policing and Problem Solving
- Part II Core Policing Values and Behaviours
- 6: Wellbeing and Resilience
- 7: Valuing Difference and Inclusion
- 8: Leadership and Teamwork
- 9: Managing Conflict
- Part III Core Aspects of Police Work
- 10: Response Policing
- 11: Policing Communities
- 12: Information and Intelligence
- 13: Conducting Investigations
- 14: Digital Policing
- 15: Counter Terrorism
- 16: Policing the Roads
- Part IV Processing Policing
- 17: Criminology and Crime Prevention
- 18: Criminal Justice
- 19: Public Protection, Victims, and Witnesses
- 20: Vulnerability and Risk
- Part V Specific Aspects of Police Work
- 21: Alcohol, Drugs, and Substance Use
- 22: Unlawful Violence Against Persons and Premises
- 23: Theft, Fraud, and Related Offences
- 24: Sexual Offences
- 25: Weapons Offences
- 26: Damage to Buildings and Other Property
- 27: Attempts, Conspiracy, and Encouraging or Assisting Crime
About the author
Dominic Wood is Head of the School of Law, Criminal Justice, and Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University. After organizing and chairing an international policing conference at CCCU on Knowledge Led Policing, Dominic helped to establish the Higher Education Forum for Learning and Development in Policing.
Sarah Bradshaw is a Professor and Strategic Lead for Policing at Middlesex University. Her research is focused on gender equality and human rights. She also works on post-disaster response and recovery. She has advised many organizations on gender issues including the United Nations and briefed the armed forces and first responders on gendered response to disaster including a high-level military conference at the invitation of the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces.
Tara Dickens is the Director of Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University. Previously, she spent 20 years as a Kent Police officer working in uniformed response, criminal investigation, intelligence, and public protection reaching the rank of Detective Chief Inspector.
Julian Parker-McLeod is Director of Professional Education Programmes at the University of Portsmouth. Previously he was Director of the Centre of Excellence for Policing Studies at the University of Cumbria. He was also a Police Sergeant for the Cumbria Constabulary for over 15 years.
Summary
Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2024 offers comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge required of future police officers, from pre-join degree courses and degree apprenticeships to progression from serving as a Special or working as a PCSO.
