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Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2025

Author: Dominic Wood, Sarah Bradshaw, Tara Dickens, Julian Parker-McLeod and Christina Davis  

Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2025
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Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2025 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.

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Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2025 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.

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Comprehensive and reliable, Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2025 is the ideal companion for the multitude of avenues into policing now open to future police officers, from pre-join degree courses, degree holder entry and degree apprenticeships, to the police constable entry programme. The book will also be of interest to Specials and PCSOs, especially those looking to join the police service as a constable.Divided into fiveparts, representing key stages in your progression from entry into policing, to initial training and then confirmation, the Handbook leads you through each topic, covering theory, discussion, and practicewhile helping you to develop your skills of analysis, problem solving, and forms of reasoning. Coupled with a clear structure and accessible style, the book will provide you with the knowledge and understanding necessary to undertake independent patrol in a professional and competent manner. Key topics covered include stop, search, and entry; alcohol and drug offences; sexual offences; interviewing; and intelligence, as well as policing communities and wellbeing. Those aspects of policetraining which are common to all new entrants are clearly identified. There are specific chapters on evidence-based policing and understanding the Police Constable role, making the Handbook the ideal resourcewhether you are entering policing through a pre-join scheme or through an alternative qualification route.

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About the Author

Dominic Wood is Head of the School of Law, Policing and Social Sciences, and Professor of Ethical 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 genderequality 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 firstresponders 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 at different ranks in uniformed response, criminal investigation, intelligence, and public protection. Julian Parker-McLeod is Head of School of Policing Studies, Charles Sturt University, NSW,Australia. Previously he was Director of Professional Education Programmes at the University of Portsmouth. He was also a Police Sergeant with the Cumbria Constabulary for over 15 years.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
5th January 2025
Edition
19th
Pages
704
ISBN
9780198931652

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