Police science
Police science or police studies is the study of police work. It is a subfield of criminology and sociology.[1][2] As an interdisciplinary science, the field includes contributions from political science,[3] forensic science, anthropology, psychology, jurisprudence, criminal justice, human geography,[4] correctional administration and penology. The field makes contributions to understanding of community policing, police culture, and other policing tactics or behaviors.
There was a "dizzying expansion" of police studies in the early 2000s with a large number of works being published in the field.[1]
By country
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]UK has developed the Police National Computer as a sophisticated intelligence tool that holds extensive data on criminals, vehicles and property, and accessible in a matter of seconds through over 30,000 terminals across the country.
PITO reports that a national fingerprint and DNA database has been developed containing over 3.4 million DNA profiles providing the police with an average of 3,000 matches a month. In 2004-5 there were over 40,000 matches.
The police use a wide range of technologies to curb road traffic offences like speeding and drunk driving including breathalyser devices, bus lane enforcement cameras, immobilisation devices, light signals devices and speed measuring devices.[5]
Bangladesh
[edit]A department of Criminology and Police Science (CPS) has launched in 2003 at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Loader, Ian (2011-03-01). "Where is Policing Studies?: A Review". The British Journal of Criminology. 51 (2): 449–458. doi:10.1093/bjc/azr007. ISSN 0007-0955.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Eugene; Murji, Karim (1999). "The Postmodern Condition of the Police". Liverpool Law Review. 21: 217.
- ↑ Soss, Joe; Weaver, Vesla (2017-05-11). "Police Are Our Government: Politics, Political Science, and the Policing of Race–Class Subjugated Communities". Annual Review of Political Science. 20 (2017): 565–591. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-060415-093825. ISSN 1094-2939.
- ↑ Bloch, Stefano (2021). "Police and policing in geography: From methods, to theory, to praxis". Geography Compass. 15 (3) e12555. doi:10.1111/gec3.12555. ISSN 1749-8198.
- ↑ UK has developed new technologies for effective policing Archived 2008-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
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