The use of criminal intelligence remains a significant area of growth, especially across the wider “policing” arena. This book offers an accessible and critical account of how intelligence analysis can improve policing and law enforcement.
This second edition has been updated with new research and material offering inventive modes of critical thinking, including both practical knowledge and an evaluative understanding of the applications and risks associated with intelligence. Some of the key features of the book include:
- Advances in theories of intelligence analysis
- Critical evaluation of intelligence sources
- Recommendations to improve practice
- Leadership and management approaches in intelligence-led policing
- Strategic applications of intelligence for crime reduction
- Technological innovation and data science integration in intelligence work
- Future-focused, offering new ideas to develop policy and practice
This volume is aimed at students and scholars of law enforcement intelligence studies, policing, and criminology. It will also be a useful resource for policymakers as well as practitioners in a range of law enforcement settings.
Table of Contents:
1. Why intelligence analysis remains essential in policing 2. Understanding the value and danger of intelligence sources 3. How leaders/managers improve the intelligence process 4. How analysts can improve intelligence analysis 5. Intelligence and crime reduction 6. Intelligence techniques in reactive and proactive investigations 7. The enduring importance of partnership intelligence 8. Technology and data science 9. Improving intelligence analysis to meet future challenges
About the Author :
Stuart Kirby is a Chartered Psychologist who previously served as a Detective Chief Superintendent (Lancashire, UK), with responsibility for Intelligence, Forensic, Major Crime, Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism. On retirement from the police he became an academic and is now Emeritus Professor in Policing at the University of Lancashire.
Scott Keay is a senior lecturer in Policing at Edge Hill University (UK). He is a former intelligence analyst and worked in various analytical roles from criminal intelligence through to community safety and partnership intelligence. His research continues to develop and support crime and intelligence analysis.
Review :
Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing is one of the few academic books that succeeds on multiple levels. First, by combining clarity with insight and originality, Stuart Kirby and Scott Keay have created a resource that is as useful for scholars as it is for practitioners and students. Second, they have written a new edition that improves on rather than simply adds to the original. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, they have achieved their own goal, producing an outstanding study that lays the foundation for bridging the theory-practice gap.
Rafe McGregor, Reader in Criminology, Edge Hill University
This book represents a well-crafted fusion of research, theory, and practice from the intelligence and analysis in policing domain. I particularly like the chapter linking intelligence, analysis, and crime prevention. Unlike many second editions, it explores previous areas in more depth and also boasts additional areas not previously covered. An excellent resource for students, researchers, and police personnel alike.
Jason Roach, Professor of Psychology and Policing, University of Huddersfield
Intelligence analysis is critical for effective, efficient and fair policing. This book provides an authoritative and accessible account of what effective intelligence analysis involves. It is an important and timely resource for practitioners, researchers and students.
Aiden Sidebottom, Professor of Policing and Crime Prevention, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science
