Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing
eBook - ePub

Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing

  1. 182 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing

About this book

This book explains how improvements in intelligence analysis can bene!t policing. Written by experts with experience in police higher education and professional practice, this accessible text provides students with both practical knowledge and a critical understanding of the subject. The book is divided into three key parts:

  • Part One outlines how the concept of intelligence was initially embraced and implemented by the police and provides a critique of intelligence sources. It examines the strategic use of intelligence and its procedural framework. It provides a summary of the role of the intelligence analyst, establishing the characteristics of effective practitioners.

  • Part Two describes good practice and explains the practical tools and techniques that effective analysts use in the reduction and investigation of crime.

  • Part Three examines more recent developments in intelligence analysis and looks to the future. This includes the move to multi-agency working, the advent of big data and the role of AI and machine learning.

Filled with case studies and practical examples, this book is essential reading for all undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in Professional Policing, and Criminal Justice more widely. It will also be of interest to existing practitioners in this field.

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Yes, you can access Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing by Stuart Kirby,Scott Keay in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Política y relaciones internacionales & Inteligencia y espionaje. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of illustrations
  9. Preface
  10. 1. Defining intelligence analysis and understanding its role in policing – past, present and future
  11. 2. Understanding the value and danger of intelligence sources
  12. 3. Improving the intelligence process: A managerial perspective
  13. 4. Improving intelligence analysis: An analyst perspective
  14. 5. Intelligence sources and techniques for crime reduction
  15. 6. Intelligence sources and techniques for the investigation of crime
  16. 7. The multi-agency partnership environment
  17. 8. The increasing influence of data in intelligence analysis
  18. 9. Improving intelligence analysis – meeting future challenges
  19. Index