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

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

Police officers, social workers, teachers, and many other street-level bureaucrats exercise discretion in dealing with clients. In so doing, they make policy as