Against the backdrop of Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement, we ask what the
American politics subfield has to say about the political lives of communities subjugated by …

The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been
completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and …

Drawing on the study of 'global transformations', this article explores the thesis that all
aspects of policing are gradually transforming as the world is becoming more economically …

This volume introduces readers to regulatory theory. Aimed at practitioners, postgraduate
students and those interested in regulation as a cross-cutting theme in the social sciences …

Crime is undergoing a metamorphosis. The online technological revolution has created new
opportunities for a wide variety of crimes which can be perpetrated on an industrial scale …

The previous chapters explored cybercriminal activities associated with computer intrusion
and manipulation, which are generally labelled as hacking. This chapter critically explores …

This article discusses policy network analysis, which is the most common species of network
analysis in political science. It provides a review of related literature on policy network …

Government has been radically transformed over the past few decades. These
transformations have been mirrored in, and often prefigured by, changes in the governance …

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an
authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to …

Security concerns have mushroomed. Increasingly numerous areas of life are governed by
security policies and technologies. Security Unbound argues that when insecurities pervade …