Policing / SAGE Course Companions series (PDF)

The Policing Course Companion is designed to complement and work alongside existing literature. It provides:

" Easy access to the key themes in policing

" Helpful summaries of the approach taken by the main course textbooks

" Guidance on the essential study skills required to pass the course

" Help with developing critical thinking

" Taking it Further sections that suggest how readers can extent their thinking beyond the "received wisdom"

" Pointers to success in course exams and written assessment exercises

The SAGE Course Companion in Policing is much more than a revision guide for undergraduates; it is an essential tool that will help readers take their course understanding to new levels and help them achieve success in their undergraduate course.

John Grieve is a former Director of Intelligence for the Metropolitan Police, where he also held a number of other senior roles. He is now Chair of the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety and Emeritus Professor at London Metropolitan University.

Clive Harfield is a former police Inspector and is now the Deputy Director of the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety, London Metropolitan University.

Allyson MacVean is Founder and Director of the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety, London Metropolitan University.