Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108405916 ISBN 13: 9781108405911

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Reviews innovations in policing over the last four decades, bringing together top policing scholars to discuss whether police should adopt these approaches.

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About the Authors

David Weisburd is Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, Virginia and Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has received many international awards recognizing his work on policing and criminology more generally, including the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the Edwin Sutherland and August Vollmer Awards from the American Society of Criminology, and the Israel Prize. Professor Weisburd served as Chair of the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Proactive Policing.

Anthony A. Braga is a Distinguished Professor in and Director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, Boston. Between 2007 and 2013, Braga served as the Chief Policy Advisor to Commissioner Edward F. Davis of the Boston Police Department. His work with the Boston Police Department was recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police with its Excellence in Law Enforcement Research Award (2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108405916
• ISBN 13: 9781108405911
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 586
• Editor: Weisburd David