New Publications
The Role of Civilian Police in Peacekeeping 1999 - 2007
Author: Dr Garth den Heyer
Publication Date: December 2012
Publisher: Police Foundation
From the foreword: Civilian police were first deployed by the United Nations more than 50 years ago. After a lull of approximately two decades, the number of police on peacekeeping operations increased by 10,000 officers in 2009. The role of police has continued to broaden from monitoring general elections and providing training and basic security to patrolling and developing local police.
The inclusion of police in peacekeeping missions is an accepted mantra by both academia and practitioners. However, the role of police in peacekeeping missions is not well understood by policy and decision makers.
The purpose of this book is to understand the role that police play in the post-conflict context, especially in regard to reforming local police. Through the examination of 23 United Nations and European Union peacekeeping missions. which took place between 1999 and 2007, this book develops responsive operational tools and policies that will support the effective use of deployed police in their delivery of service and when developing the capacity of local police. The analysis of these operational tools and policies lead to the designing of a generic police peacekeeping model for future peacekeeping or reform missions.
The police peacekeeping model consists of a number of dynamic components that take account of flexibility and local culture. Included in the model’s components are the implementation of a pre-deployment planning phase and the necessity of objectives and evaluation.
It is intended that this study will assist in improving peace-building outcomes by increasing post-conflict security, stability, and development.
Counterintelligence Theory and Practice
Author: Hank Prunckun, PhD
Publication Date: 2012
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press Inc
Counterintelligence Theory and Practice fills a long-standing void in counterintelligence literature.
From the foreword: I am extremely proud to say that this book is one of the few unclassified publications that actually describes what constitutes a successful counterintelligence operation, as well as the elements that comprise such an operation. In essence, counterintelligence is about a government’s ability to keep secrets, and this book explains how to do it from both an academic and practitioners’ point of view, which makes this a very special publication.
— Dr Jan Goldman, Georgetown University; series editor, Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series
Toolkit on Police Integrity
Edited by: Kenneth Kostyo
Author: Chapter 8, 'Capacity Building', was written by Alan Beckley, Senior Lecturer, Policing & Law Enforcement, AGSP, Charles Sturt University
Publication Date: 2012
Publisher: DCAF
The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) initiated and developed the Toolkit on Police Integrity identifying key measures and strategies for tackling police corruption. This toolkit includes nine chapters written by internationally recognized authors and addresses several key topics related to tackling corruption, including:
- How to establish a set of values within a police organization
- How to ensure rules and behaviour are in accordance with values
- How to develop training programs to develop and implement professional codes
- How to approach the fight against corruption and investigate offences committed by police officers
- How to develop adequate systems of internal control
- How to establish effective oversight of police services
Disaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice
Edited by: S. Black, G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, X. Mallett
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: CRC Press
Features
- Examines disaster management from a global perspective
- Presents insights from academics, forensic specialists, trainers, and law enforcement personnel
- Covers a range of different events from train crashes to terrorist attacks to stadium disasters
- Offers honest assessments of events and provides recommendations for change
Summary
Disaster management has become an increasingly global issue, and victim identification is receiving greater attention. By raising awareness through past events and experiences, practitioners and policymakers can learn what works, what doesn't work, and how to avoid future mistakes. Disaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice presents a selection of key historical incidents in the United Kingdom and includes candid discussions of potential areas for improvement in preparedness and future deployment capabilities.
Real disasters and lessons learned
Each chapter in the book addresses a specific disaster and covers a number of main points in relation to the incident. For each event, the book presents data such as the manpower available at the time of the disaster, the number of officers involved in the deployment, and their relevant experience at the time. Details of the disaster follow, as well as the recovery and identification methods employed, the number of fatalities and casualties, and lessons learned. The book also explores the short- and long-term effects that the disaster had on the response team and the community. Finally, each chapter examines important present-day developments in relation to the event. The book summarizes important aspects of the particular disaster in terms of legislative, moral, practical, or other contribution to the field of mass disaster planning, preparation, and deployment on a wider scale.
Global input
Viewing disaster management from a global perspective, this volume contains the combined input of academics, forensic specialists, trainers, and law enforcement professionals who focus on actual cases to honestly assess events and provide recommendations for improvement.
Whistling while they work
A good-practice guide for managing internal reporting of wrongdoing in public sector organisations
Authors: Peter Roberts, A. J. Brown, Jane Olsen
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: Co-published with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government
This guide sets out results from four years of research into how public sector organisations can better fulfil their missions, maintain their integrity and value their employees by adopting a current best-practice approach to the management of whistleblowing.
This guide focuses on: the processes needed for public employees and employees of public contractors to be able to report concerns about wrongdoing in public agencies and programs; and managerial responsibilities for the support, protection and management of those who make disclosures about wrongdoing, as part of an integrated management approach.
The guide is designed to assist with the special systems needed for managing 'public interest' whistleblowing-where the suspected or alleged wrongdoing affects more than the personal or private interests of the person making the disclosure. As the guide explains, however, an integrated approach requires having good systems for managing all types of reported wrongdoing-including personal, employment and workplace grievances-not least because these might often be interrelated with 'public interest' matters.
Evaluation for Workplace Discrimination and Harassment
Author: Jane Goodman-Delahunty, J.D, PhD, and William E. Foote, PhD
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This book addresses the evaluation of damage for discrimination or harassment claims. Specific ethical issues that may arise when conducting these assessments are discussed, along with suggestions to address and resolve them. A helpful review of empirical research related to the frequency and types of workplace discrimination and its potential effects on employees is also included. In making recommendations for best practice, authors consider empirical support, legal relevance, and consistency with ethical and professional standards.
The volume is part of the American Board of Forensic Psychology series on Best Practices in Forensic Mental Health Assessment. It outlines a 5-stage model for evidence-based evaluations of sexual harassment and other victims. It contains a thorough discussion of the relevant legal and psychological concepts, followed by a step-by-step description of the assessment process from preparing for the evaluation to writing the report and testifying in court. The book includes the following helpful features:
- Boxes that zero in on important information for use in evaluations
- Tips for best practice and cautions against common pitfalls
- Highlighting of relevant case law and statutes
- Separate list of assessment tools for easy reference
- Helpful glossary of key terms for the particular topic
This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. These volumes offer invaluable guidance for anyone involved in conducting or using forensic evaluations.
Investigative Interviewing Explained 3rd/edition
Authors: Brian Ord, Gary Shaw, Tracey Green
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: LexisNexis
Investigative Interviewing Explained is a practical reference book offering expert guidance to anyone involved in investigative interviewing. It provides a step-by-step guide to best practice investigative interviewing of victims, witnesses and suspects and deals with a range of essential interview skills and techniques. This book is appropriate for the inexperienced investigator as well as those interested in further honing their skills and professionalism in this critical area of investigative practice.
Features:
- Practical, comprehensive, step-by-step guide with helpful examples is easy to understand and follow
- Assists inexperienced investigators to develop their skills and enables experienced investigators to further hone their skills and professionalism
- Explains the skills required to conduct a range of interviews in a practical and professional manner
- Assists investigators to gather evidence in a manner that will withstand scrutiny and protect the integrity of the witness
Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis
Author: Patrick F. Walsh
Published: 2011
Publisher: Routledge
This book tracks post 9/11 developments in national security and policing intelligence and their relevance to new emerging areas of intelligence practice such as: corrections, biosecurity, private industry and regulatory environments. Developments are explored thematically across three broad sections:
- applying intelligence
- understanding structures
- developing a discipline.
Issues explored include: understanding intelligence models; the strategic management challenges of intelligence; intelligence capacity building; and the ethical dimensions of intelligence practice. Using case studies collected from wide-ranging interviews with leaders, managers and intelligence practitioners from a range of practice areas in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and US, the book indentifies examples of good practice across countries and agencies that may be relevant to other settings.
Uniquely bringing together significant theoretical and practical developments in a sample of traditional and emerging areas of intelligence, this book provides readers with a more holistic and inter-disciplinary perspective on the evolving intelligence field across several different practice contexts.
Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis will be relevant to a broad audience including intelligence practitioners and managers working across all fields of intelligence (national security, policing, private industry and emerging areas) as well as students taking courses in policing and intelligence analysis.
Policing in Practice
Author: Phillip Birch University of New South Wales, Victoria Herrington, PhD, Charles Sturt University
Publication: 2011
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Australia
Policing in Practice is an edited collection of writings which present a multidisciplinary consideration of historical and contemporary policing practice. With contributions from an array of academics as well as reflections from practitioners, this text provides a comprehensive body of literature which considers the theoretical underpinnings of the practical issues facing a police officer in the modern day. Divided into two parts, this book considers both the operational and organisational environments and details the processes, as well as challenges, facing police officers in both of these sectors. Policing in Practice addresses the policing profession broadly and has been specifically developed for the new or aspiring police officer.
The Criminal Trial
Courtroom Practices, Policies and Procedures
Author: Brian Mills
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: The Federation Press
The criminal court system resolves disputes, imposes and maintains order and upholds human rights. The ability to give evidence in court in a competent and professional manner is a core skill for an investigator.
The Criminal Trial describes and analyses the main rules of the law of evidence within a framework relevant to the policing profession. It is the emphasis placed on the policing profession and the professions role in the pre-trial and trial process as well as the discussion of issues pertaining to the "professional witness" which sets this text apart from others.
REVIEWSFor those who are new to this arena, Brian provides a much needed road map that will assist them to prepare for the courtroom. The book is written in a clear, straight-forward language which makes it accessible for all students ranging from students of law and individuals working within academia, to the policing profession and other state officials, as well as professional experts witnesses. In my early career I had the distinct pleasure of hearing and learning directly from Brian. For those who do not have that benefit, this book will provide the next best thing.
Andrew P Scipione, Commissioner, New South Wales Police Force
Handbook of Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis
Author: Hank Prunckun, PhD
Publication Date: 2010
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
With the exponential growth in the intelligence field in the last few years, the profession has grown much larger and its mission more complex. Government and private sector security agencies have recruited intelligence analysts to process what has become a voluminous amount of raw information flowing into these agencies' data collection systems. Unfortunately, there is an unmet need for analysts who are able to process these data. For this reason there are a growing number of colleges and universities that offer intelligence training so that candidates for analyst positions can take-up their duties without protracted on-the-job instruction.
Handbook of Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis offers students in such courses a way of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work. This book acquaints students and analysts with how intelligence fits into the larger research framework. It covers not only the essentials of applied research but also explains the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work. It looks at how analysts work with classified information in a security conscious environment, as well as obtaining data via covert methods. Students are left with little doubt about what intelligence is and how it is developed using scientific methods of inquiry.
Use of Econometric Modeling and Analysis to Support Operational Policing
Author: Garth den Heyer
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: VDM Verlag
Traditionally, police agencies have allocated resources in response to their operational demands or requirements, with the majority of resources being distributed in response to political demands and to public calls for service. This study examines this issue through the presentation of two quantitative econometric methods, simultaneous linear regression and multivariate analysis based on New Zealand social data. Three econometric models are applied to the fifty New Zealand Police Areas for the period 1997 to 2002. The results from the application of the three models are compared with the actual number of police officers, level of crime and resolution rate over this period. The difference between the actual figures and those suggested by the models is the basis for investigating Police Area effectiveness. The relationships between the three models, the socio-variables and the Police Areas are explored and analysed further by using five multivariate analysis methods to investigate service delivery effectiveness.