Policing Encounters with Vulnerability
This edited collection brings together scholars and practitioners to consider the ways in which policing organisations approach vulnerability and the strategies they develop to reduce victims, offenders and police officers’ susceptibility to increased har
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Nicole L Asquith • Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron • Karl A Roberts Editors
Policing Encounters with Vulnerability
Editors Nicole L Asquith Western Sydney University Penrith, NSW, Australia Karl A Roberts University of Western Sydney Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-51227-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51228-0
Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies University of Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-51228-0 (eBook)
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To Tilly and Nicolas who arrived just in time, and Henry and Amélie who were already here
Preface and Acknowledgements
Over the last five years, and especially since the formation of the Vulnerability, Resilience and Policing Research Consortium (VRPRC) in 2014, we have noticed an increasing focus on the intersections between policing and vulnerability—from the perspectives of scholars and policing organisations. This collection brings together scholars aligned with VRPRC, many of whom have collaborated with police practitioners in the development, implementation or evaluation of the work discussed in these chapters. Building strong police–academic partnership underpins the critical conversations we have within VRPRC. These critical conversations are important if we are to address the vulnerability that arises in the policing process. The editors would like to acknowledge the patience and perseverance of our contributors. Most of the w
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