Police science

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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.

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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

United Kingdom

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

A department of Criminology and Police Science (CPS) has launched in 2003 at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ McLaughlin, Eugene; Murji, Karim (1999). "The Postmodern Condition of the Police". Liverpool Law Review. 21: 217.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ UK has developed new technologies for effective policing Archived 2008-07-26 at the Wayback Machine


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