Dilemmas and Decision Making in Policing by Emma Spooner

Dilemmas and Decision Making in Policing by Emma Spooner

Explores how policing students and police officers might apply theory to tackle dilemmas demonstrated through true to life scenarios.

Relevant for those undertaking the Professional Policing degree, Apprenticeships or the Degree Holder Entry Programme, as well as their academic and work-based educators, it examines the complexities faced on a daily basis by frontline officers.

A range of fictional realistic case studies are presented in order to highlight contemporary challenges in the modern policing landscape. These are unpicked through discussion and reflective questions, exploring how decisions are made based on theoretical understanding and practical considerations in context. Key themes within these scenarios include procedural justice, legitimacy, organisational culture, prioritisation of workload, objectivity and neutrality, human rights and values. The book provides students and their educators with the opportunities to discuss policing dilemmas and decision-making in a safe space.

Bob Cooper spent the majority of his career in the field of information technology, where he developed a passion for all things technical. He explored writing later in life and learnt everything he could about his new craft, having been gifted with the ability to spin a good story. He has finished three novels based on his life experiences and overactive imagination; his first two works, The Antares Codex and its sequel The Progenitor Project, are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other great book stores. Robert and his wife Viola live in Tucson, AZ. Bob Cooper's website is www.coop1334.wix.com/Bob-Cooper.