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-century issues 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.

1.Police Education in Australia 2.Becoming a pracademic: The importance of lifelong learning as a police officer in the 21st Century 3.Police Leadership in the 21st Century 4.The Incorporation of Multidisciplinary Approaches to Enhance Police Communication Strategies 5.A Critical Social Justice Issue of Our Time: Enabling Police Wellbeing 6.Ethics and Police Practice 7.Discretion: the elephant in the room 8.Criminal Intelligence in Australia 9.Investigative Interviewing and Police Practice 10.Forensic Science in Policing 11.Police use of force: An examination of Australian Policing 12.Working with Others: Future Policing Partnerships 13.Policing and Security: critiquing the privatisation story in Australia 14.Police, Media, and the Digital age in Australia 15.Public health and its interface with police practice in the 21st century 16.Emergency Management and the role of state police 17.Community Safety, Crime Prevention, and 21st Century policing 18.Terrorism and the role of State Police 19.Organised and Transnational Crime: The impact on Australian police 20.Policing Cybercrime: An Inside Look at Private and Public Cybercrime Investigations 21.Australian Police Officers and International Policing Practice 22.Mental Health and the Policing Context 23.Young people, the Police, and Policing 24.Policing Settler Colonial Societies 25.Hate Crime: Insights into the context, setting, and prevalence 26.Policing Interpersonal Violence 27.Policing Domestic and Family Violence 28.Police interaction with vulnerable victims

Philip Birch is Associate Professor of Criminology and 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.