Australian Policing Critical Issues in 21st Century Police Practice

This edited collection brings together leading academics, researchers, and police personnel to provide a comprehensive body of literature that informs Australian police education, training, research, policy, and practice. There is a strong history and growth in police education, both in Australia and globally. Recognising and reflecting on the Australian and New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) education and training framework, the range of chapters within the book address a range of 21st-centuryissues modern police forces face. This book discusses four key themes: Education, training, and professional practice: topics include police education, ethics, wellbeing, and leadership Organisational approaches and techniques: topics include police discretion, use of force, investigative interviewing, and forensic science Operational practices and procedures: topics include police and the media, emergency management, cybercrime, terrorism, and community management Working with individuals and groups: topics include mental health, Indigenous communities, young people, hate crime, domestic violence, and working with victims Australian Policing: Critical Issues in 21st Century Police Practice draws together theoretical and practice debates to ensure this book will be of interest to those who want to join the police, those who are currently training to become a police officer, and those who are currently serving. This book is essential reading for all students, scholars, and researchers engaged with policing and the criminal justice sector.

Contents Foreword by Michael Fuller Acknowledgements Examining Australian Policing in the 21st Century Section 1: Education, Training, and Professional Practice Police Education in Australia Colin Rogers and Emma Wintle Becoming a pracademic: The importance of lifelong learning as a police officer in the 21st Century Melanie Boursnell and Philip Birch Police Leadership in the 21st Century Graham Sunderland and Ian Stewart The Incorporation of Multidisciplinary Approaches to Enhance Police Communication Strategies Ken Wooden A Critical Social Justice Issue of Our Time: Enabling Police Wellbeing Rhonda Craven, Herbert W. Marsh, Richard M. Ryan, Paul W.B. Atkins, Theresa Dicke, Jiesi Guo, Peter Gallagher, Brooke Van Zanden, Michael Kennedy, and Philip Birch Ethics and Police Practice Alan Beckley and Michael Kennedy Section 2: Organisational approaches and techniques Discretion: the elephant in the room Mark Findlay Criminal Intelligence in Australia Troy Whitford and Shane Lysons-Smith Investigative Interviewing and Police Practice Daren Jay and Gary Pankhurst Forensic Science in Policing Glenn Porter Policeuse of force: An examination of Australian Policing Dragana Kesic and Stuart D.M. Thomas Working with Others: Future Policing Partnerships Douglas E. Abrahamson and Jane Goodman-Delahunty Policing and Security: critiquing the privatisation story in Australia Rick Sarre and Tim Prenzler Section 3: Operational Practices and Procedures Police, Media, and the Digital age in Australia John Gaffey Public health and its interface with police practice in the 21st century Stuart D.M. Thomas Emergency Management and the role of state police Ian Manock and Simon Robinson Community Safety, Crime Prevention, and 21st Century policing Tim Prenzler and Rick Sarre Terrorism and the role of State Police Nick Kaldas Organised and Transnational Crime: The impact on Australian police Anthony Morgan, Rick Brown, Isabella Voce, and Timothy Cubitt Policing Cybercrime: An Inside Look at Private and Public Cybercrime Investigations Alana Maurushat and Hadeel Al-Alosi Australian Police Officers and International Policing Practice Kelly Moylan, Irena Veljanova, Michael Kennedy, and Philip Birch Section 4: Working with individuals and groups Mental Health and the Policing Context Erin Kruger Young people, the Police, and Policing Philip Birch and Louise A. Sicard Policing Settler Colonial Societies Amanda Porter and Chris Cunneen Hate Crime: Insights into the context, setting, and prevalence Philip Birch and Jane L. Ireland Policing Interpersonal Violence Mark R. Kebbell and Janet M. Evans Policing Domestic and Family Violence Christopher Dowling, Hayley Boxall, and Anthony Morgan Police interaction with vulnerable victims Amber McKinley

Philip Birch is Associate Professor of Criminologyand Policing in the Centre for Law and Justice at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Michael Kennedy has been a senior lecturer in the Western Sydney University Bachelor of Policing programme since 2004. Erin Kruger is a lecturer in criminology and policing at Western Sydney University.