Police Criminology and Crimes

Description

Crime is an important area of research and study because it raises the fundamental questions about civil liberties and the power of the state. Besides this, criminological studies reveal several facts which help us understand human behaviour in general. Criminology as a subject is gradually becoming popular in many universities although limited empirical studies for this discipline are available.
Police criminology is a new branch of study in criminological literature. Why do the law enforcement officials commit crimes? The value of policing focused on risk factors is the most powerful conclusion reached from three decades of research. Simply hiring more police does not prevent serious crime. Community policing without a clear focus on crime risk factors generally shows no effect on crime. But directed patrols, proactive arrests and problem solving at high-crime “hot spots” have shown substantial evidence of crime prevention. Police can prevent robbery, disorder, gun violence, drunk driving and domestic violence, but only by using certain methods under certain conditions.
This book talks about police crimes down the millennia and analyses the etiological aspects of police crimes such as oppression, extortion, corruption, coercion, concoction of evidence, connivance with underworld criminals, nexus crimes, manipulation of records, abuse of power, misuse of authority, perversions in thoughts, etc.