Encyclopedia of Police Science (3rd edition)

“Police science” is not a term that will be familiar to most people. Everyone knows that forensic science forms part of police work – indeed it has a long and honorable history. But as well as including forensic science, police science encompasses criminology, psychology, criminal justice, correctional administration and penology, jurisprudence, and any other “ologies” and sciences in the ever‐growing police science field.

The second edition of Encyclopedia of Police Science was published in 1996. However, events such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the US have created major changes to policing, including moving policing from a...