This book demonstrates the unique contribution police ethnographies make to our understanding of policing cultures and practices in a variety of international s

Ethnography has a long history in the humanities and social sciences and has provided the base line in the field of police studies for over 60 years. We have re

Evidence-based policing is a core part of the National Policing Curriculum but policing students and new officers often feel daunted by the prospect of understa

Police Community Support Officers: Cultures and Identities within Pluralised Policing presents the first in-depth ethnographic study of Police Community Support

The book examines 'the globalization of local policing' through an ethnographic study of the Danish Police. Where many studies are looking into how larger inter