Routledge International Handbook of Policing Crises and Emergencies

This handbook explores those occasions when the police are faced with a public, national, or international crisis and are expected to continue to serve. It provides a unique, scholarly, and international overview on policing crises and emergencies, addressing the different contexts and challenges of working in extraordinary circumstances, dealing with unfamiliarity, and working with and alongside other agencies, as well as the significant political and public requirement to return as quickly as possible to normality. Sections include coverage of:

- Policing disasters

- Policing public health emergencies

- Policing political protest

- Policing terror and conflict

- Policing mass violence

- Policing extreme crises and emergencies

Each section is filled with a variety of international case studies examining best practice in the policing context, together with a scene-setting chapter tying together key theoretical and conceptual concepts. It is essential reading for all engaged with professional policing, law enforcement, and public order.

Gary Cordner is Academic Director of Education and Training Section at Baltimore Police Department and Professor Emeritus at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Martin Wright was a police officer for 30 years and is a Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, UK. He is the creator of the Retail Radio Links scheme and Virtual Police Volunteers programme.