1st Edition

Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing

By Stuart Kirby, Scott Keay Copyright 2021
192 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explains how improvements in intelligence analysis can bene!t policing. Written by experts with experience in police higher education and professional practice, this accessible text provides students with both practical knowledge and a critical understanding of the subject. The book is divided into three key parts: Part One outlines how the concept of intelligence was initially... Read more

1.Defining Intelligence Analysis and Understanding Its Role in Policing- Past, Present and Future 2.Understanding the Value and Danger of Intelligence Sources 3.Improving the Intelligence Process: A Managerial Perspective 4.Improving Intelligence Process: An Analyst Perspective 5.Intelligence Sources and Techniques for Crime Reduction 6.Intelligence Sources and Techniques for the Investigation of Crime 7.The Multi-Agency Partnership Environment 8.The Increasing Influence of Data in Intelligence Analysis 9.Improving Intelligence Analysis- Meeting Future Challenges

Biography

Stuart Kirby previously served as a Lancashire Police Officer (UK). As a Detective Chief Superintendent (Specialist Crime and Operations Division), he had responsibility for Intelligence, Forensic, Major Crime, Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism. On retirement he started a second career in academia, becoming a Professor of Policing. As current Director of Crimeinsights Ltd. he acts as a policing consultant to national and international public sector agencies.

Scott Keay is a senior lecturer in Policing at Edge Hill University (UK). He worked for the Lancashire Constabulary for almost 20 years, in various analytical roles from criminal intelligence through to community safety and partnership intelligence. He is currently conducting a PhD, exploring how the police define, identify and respond to vulnerability.

“I recommend wholeheartedly this book to anyone in law enforcement who is interested in the future of intelligence-led policing…. It presents a bold but realistic vision of the future of the analyst in modern law enforcement agencies.”

Shane Mac Giollabhuí, University of Ulster, UK, Policing