This handbook explores those occasions when the police are faced with a public, national, or international crisis and are expected to continue to serve. It provides a unique, scholarly, and international overview on policing crises and emergencies, addressing the different contexts and challenges of working in extraordinary circumstances, dealing with unfamiliarity, and working with and alongside other agencies, as well as the significant political and public requirement to return as quickly as possible to normality. Sections include coverage of:
• Policing disasters
• Policing public health emergencies
• Policing political protest
• Policing terror and conflict
• Policing mass violence
• Policing extreme crises and emergencies
Each section is filled with a variety of international case studies examining best practice in the policing context, together with a scene-setting chapter tying together key theoretical and conceptual concepts. It is essential reading for all engaged with professional policing, law enforcement, and public order.
Introduction: Policing Extreme Events Gary Cordner and Martin Wright Part 1 Policing Disasters: Context and Critical Reflections Willie Baker 1.1. The Gloucestershire Water Emergency 2007 Timothy Brain 1.2. Japanese Police Activities in a State of Emergency: Focusing on the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Covid-19 Pandemic Arata Hirai 1.3. Hurricane Katrina: Reflecting History and Forcing Change in the New Orleans Police Department Danny Murphy 1.4. The Experience of Responding to the Wenchuan Earthquake: Coping Mechanisms and the Role of the Police Huan Zhang, Feng Jiang and Guan Ren 1.5.Shifting Patterns for Police Service During the 2021 Texas Ice Storm: Implications for Policy and Practice Adam D. Vaughan, Duwayne A. Poorboy and Katlyn C. Fritz 1.6.Policing Rail Emergencies William Jordan 1.7.Implications of Climate Change for Policing Richard W. Myers and Joseph A. Schafer 1.8. Resilience Policing and Climate Change: Adaptive Responses to Crises and Emergencies Tariro Mutongwizo, Clifford Shearing and Jarrett Blaustein Part 2 Policing Public Health Emergencies: Context and Critical Reflections Victoria Herrington 2.1. Policing with New Habits: How the Covid-19 Lockdown Fostered a Harm Reduction Ethos in Durban Monique M. Marks and Jennifer D. Wood 2.2. The Application of Police Unmanned Aerial Vehicles During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Xing Yuqiu, Jiang Feng, Xie Chuanyu 2.3. Policing the Covid-19 Pandemic in India: Process, Impact, and Challenges T K Vinod Kumar 2.4. Policing a Pandemic in Malaysia Phaik Kin Cheah, Suresh G. Suppiah and Bakri Zainal Abidin 2.5. Policing the Pandemic in Two Western European Countries: Comparison Between France and the Netherlands Jacques de Maillard, Jan Terpstra and Sebastian Roché 2.6. Policing Through the Pandemic: Lessons Learnt in Exceptional Times Gordon Marnoch 2.7. The Impact of Changing Working Patterns for Police Personnel in England and Wales During COVID-19 Lockdown One Jenny Fleming and Jennifer Brown Part 3 Policing Political Protest: Context and Critical Reflections Clifford Stott 3.1 Policing the 2021 U.S. Capitol Insurrection Edward R. Maguire 3.2 Charlottesville 2017: Looking Back and Beyond the Summer of Hate Brian N. Williams, Domenick E. Bailey and Zachary Harris 3.3 Policing Riots: Not Your Usual Saturday Night Violence Garth den Heyer 3.4. The Noise Before Defeat: Portland’s Response to the Civil Unrest Associated With the Murder of George Floyd Greg Stewart 3.5. Policing the Postconflict Society in COVID-19: Security and Social Control in Hong Kong Lawrence Ka-ki Ho Part 4 Policing Terror and Conflict: Context and Critical Reflections John Parkinson 4.1. The Boston Marathon Bombing: The Successful Application of Crisis Response, Management and Community-Centered Policing Brenda J. Bond-Fortier and Edward F. Davis 4.2 Policing During a Crisis: London Terrorist Attacks in 2017 Lucy D’Orsi 4.3. The System Is Blinking Red: Lessons Learned from Policing in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks Mark Fallon and Maria Hartwig 4.4. Policing Crisis in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and Iraq Gavin Boyd 4.5. Post-Conflict Policekeeping: The Response to the Tensions and the Role of the Participating Police Force (PPF) in the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) Garth den Heyer 4.6. Conflict Policing in East Europe: Promoting Stress Resilient Officers Even Under Extraordinary Circumstances Robert Peacock, Tracy Hardy, Tom Monastyrski and Svitlana Bilogurova 4.7. The Lessons Learned From the Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Terrorist Attack by Aum Shinrikyo on March 29, 1995 Yoshiki Kobayashi Part 5 The Police Response to Public Mass Violence: Context and Critical Reflections Christopher S. Koper 5.1. ‘An Act of Domestic Terrorism’: The Case of Christopher Dorner Craig D. Uchida and Dennis Kato 5.2. The Orlando Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting Ross Wolf and Mark J. Canty 5.3. Policing the Deadliest Mass Shooting in Modern U.S. History: The Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival Incident Tamara D. Herold and Joseph M. Lombardo 5.4. Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Masjidain, New Zealand 15th March 2019 Mark Evans 5.5 The Oslo and Utøya Terrorist Attack 22nd July 2011 Trond Myklebust and Johannes Knutsson Part 6 Policing Crises and Emergencies: Conclusions 6.1. Policing at the Convergence of Disasters, Disease and Disorder: Where Does the Profession Go from Here? Brian N. Williams, Seong C. Kang and Katie Cox 6.2. Conclusion Gary Cordner and Martin Wright
Gary Cordner is an academic director of the education and training section at the Baltimore Police Department and a professor emeritus at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA. Martin Wright was a police officer for 30 years and is a visiting fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, UK. He is the creator of the Retail Radio Links scheme and the Virtual Police Volunteers programme.
Reviews for Routledge International Handbook of Policing Crises and Emergencies
'After two years of the COVID pandemic we have become used to seeing the police as the main agency handling a global crisis but, despite that event that affected all mankind, we have yet to reflect on the lessons nor have we reflected on the lessons for the police and society from the policing of floods, natural and manmade disasters. This book is timely, the comparative approach is welcome and the global coverage a major asset.' Peter Neyroud, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge 'This handbook provides critical insights and lessons learned during some of the world’s most significant and tragic events causing loss of property and life. Uniquely, the handbook doesn’t only look behind us for lessons learned, but also offers insights into current and future extreme events related to changing social and environmental conditions, making it an essential resource for current and future policing and public safety leaders as well as others within and outside of government.' James Burch, President, Policing Institute 'The contributors to this handbook include police executives who have had to respond to mass shootings, terrorist attacks, riots, winter storms, floods, train wrecks, and the Covid pandemic. These kinds of extreme emergencies present different challenges from everyday policing. This book shares a wealth of practical knowledge with today's and tomorrow's police leaders.' Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum 'A handbook addressing the role of the police in responding to crises (be they natural or man-made) is long overdue. In this task, the editors have done a fine job of bringing together a range of academics and practitioners from across the world to engage with those issues and events which define this area of study. An integral element of this book are the critical commentaries which are used to reframe the recurrent themes within an academic context and, in turn, provoke further reflection and discussion. This comprehensive and thorough volume deserves to become a central resource in this area of police studies.' Tom Cockcroft, Professor of Legal and Social Justice, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
