TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed,Rishweena AU - Ahmed,Rishweena AU - Asquith,Nicole AU - Clover,James AU - Cordner,Gary AU - Dwyer,Angela AU - Rodgers,Jess TI - Routledge International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies T2 - Routledge International Handbooks SN - 9781003401162 PY - 2025/// PB - Taylor & Francis, Routledge [Imprint] KW - Crime and criminology KW - thema KW - Emergency services KW - Police and security services KW - Social services and welfare, criminology KW - Social welfare and social services KW - Society and Social Sciences KW - Criminology N1 - Free-to-read N2 - Critical analyses of policing have accompanied accounts of the police since the early days of modern police organisations. More so than ever, police and policing are subject to close and critical scrutiny from governments and the public. It is timely, therefore, to consider what is critical about police and policing. The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies brings together scholars and practitioners to critically explore the full continuum of safety governance from police reforms to the redistribution of policing resources to the replacement of state police. offering the three Rs of policing-reform, redistribute, replace-we provide a conceptualisation of critical policing studies that acknowledges a continuum of policing that mirrors the different trajectories, priorities, and possibilities that exist across different cultural and historical contexts. This collection is composed of 65 scholars and practitioners across 39 chapters, edited by a team of police pracademics and policing scholars, to showcase accounts of policing from outside the Anglo-European metropole, privileging works from First Nations people and from the Global South, and presenting contextualised solutions to the problems facing police and communities. This Handbook identifies the key issues facing the police and safety governance across the globe and offers insights into the implications for policing theory and practice, proposing solutions to some of the most intransigent problems facing contemporary societies. Individually, and as a collection, this Handbook will be an essential read for scholars, practitioners, and activists alike UR - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103341 ER -