Policing [Paperback]

This is the first course guide that has been developed for students of policing. It identifies the core themes and additional source material, providing an essential overview for students and a reference point for use throughout their studies.

The Policing Course Companion is designed to complement and work alongside existing literature. It provides:

Easy access to the key themes in policing

Helpful summaries of the approach taken by the main course textbooks

Guidance on the essential study skills required to pass the course

Help with developing critical thinking

Taking it Further sections that suggest how readers can extent their thinking beyond the received wisdom

Pointers to success in course exams and written assessment exercises

The Sage Course Companion in Policing is much more than a revision guide for undergraduates; it is an essential tool that will help readers take their course understanding to new levels and help them achieve success in their undergraduate course. This concise and accessible study guide will be an important resource for undergraduate students who need to understand the 'nuts and bolts' of police work and professional practice. In this interactive text, key concepts are clearly explained. It includes a range of activities and further reading that will enable students to think further about the challenges confronting 21st century policing

Professor Eugene McLaughlin, City University London

This book is at a very basic, introductory level. For my Level 5 students, I would be expecting them to be reading more primary sources and so would not present this as a key text.This could be the course guide developed for students of policing providing an essential overview for students and a referencels