Links from the book:

Crime reduction:
www.crimereduction.gov.uk
A government-run website with a wealth of information on crime reduction, community safety, and policing, including up-to-date statistics on the criminal justice system, on-line reports on policing and community safety, and details of the latest policy initiatives.

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC):
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/
HMIC has a statutory responsibility to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of police forces in England and Wales via a programme of regular force inspections and reports. It has become increasingly influential in recent years in promoting the Home Office agenda on performance improvement, as well as producing influential thematic reports on such matters as race relations and equal opportunities. This website includes a range of useful information and statistics on policing in England and Wales, and also provides online access to HMIC reports.

Home Office:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk
The Home Office is the central government department with responsibility for policing in England and Wales, and this website allows access to a wide range of relevant material for students interested in research and current policy developments on policing. In particular, students can access online a large body of Home Office research studies on policing, dating back to 1995.

Police reform in England and Wales:
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/police-reform/
A key website for students interested in the major programme of police reform introduced by the current Labour Government. It includes key official publications such as consultation documents and summaries of recent legislation, and also the influential National Intelligence Model (NIM) for policing, and the most recent National Policing Plan.

Police services of the UK:
www.police.uk
A police service website with important details and contact addresses for all the police forces (and related organizations) in the United Kingdom. This includes a range of relevant service-related information about current issues of concern, as well as details of police recruitment processes.

Further links of interest:

United Kingdom

Black Police Association:
www.bpa.cc
The Black Police Association seeks to improve the working environment of black (African, African Caribbean or Asian origin) personnel within the Metropolitan Police Service, with a view to enhancing the quality of service to the public.

European centre for the Study of Policing at the Open University:
www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history/policing/index.html
Includes the bibliography on the history of English police begun by Stanley Nash, the Librarian at Rutgers University.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission:
www.ipcc.gov.uk/
Formerly the Police Complaints Authority the Commission oversees complaints against serving police officers in England and Wales. The site contains useful guidelines for making a compliant and all recent research carried out by itself and the PCA.

Statewatch:
www.statewatch.org/
A non-profit-making voluntary group of lawyers, academics, journalists, researchers and community activists drawn from 12 countries publishing critical research in the fields of the state, civil liberties and openness.

The UK Police Foundation
www.police-information.co.uk/policelinks.html
Provides links to all UK police forces and a comprehensive set of related links.

National Policing Improvement Agency:
www.npia.police.uk
UK Central Police Training and Development Authority. Its goal is to provide a centre of policing excellence and support, and by creating and implementing the means to develop competence through policing careers.

Association of Chief Police Officers:
www.acpo.police.uk/
Set up to assist in the development of policies for Police forces in England and Wales. The site has links to all its recent policy documents.

Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland:
www.scottish.police.uk/
Strategic body which overseas and co-ordinates all aspects of the direction and development of the Scottish Police Service as a whole.

Association of Police Authorities:
www.apa.police.uk/apa
Represents all police authorities in the England and Wales both at national stage and locally. Has a good collection of publications on police strategies.

British Association of Women Police:
www.bawp.org
Has worked with the Government to form a “gender agenda” to combat sex discrimination in the United Kingdom police forces (full text is available).

Constabulary.com:
www.constabulary.com
Has an interesting collection of stories relating to police history and true crime. The site also has useful links to other history-based sites.

Gay Police Association:
www.gay.police.uk/
A national staff association that works towards equality for homosexual members of the police.

Metropolitan Police Authority:
www.mpa.gov.uk/default.htm
Body set up by the Government to scrutinise the work of the Metropolitan police. The Authority produces reports into all aspects of the Met’s work and full texts can be accessed from the site.

Police999.com:
www.police999.com/index.php
An online community which facilitates discussion about all aspects of police work (registration is required to access the discussion boards).

Police Federation of England and Wales:
www.polfed.org/
The Federation today represents the interests of over 136,000 police officers, bringing together their views on welfare and efficiency to the notice of the government and all opinion formers. The site contains links to all the Federation’s recent publications.

Police Foundation:
www.police-foundation.org.uk/
An independent research charity whose work focuses on policing issues of public concern. Its primary aim is to help develop more efficient and effective policing through applied research and development, education and training. The site contains links to all the Foundation’s recent research and current projects.

Police History Society:
www.policehistorysociety.co.uk/
Founded in 1985 the site provides some interesting publications on all areas of police history in Great Britain.

Police Oracle:
www.policeoracle.com/
Aims to provide a useful resource for police forces in England and Wales and for those interested in police law. The site covers all recent news concerning all aspects of police work.

Police Recruitment Campaign:
www.policecouldyou.co.uk
Provides details of the recent “Police: could you?” campaign and other information relating to police recruitment.

Home Office police reform page:
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/police-reform
The Police Reform section of the Home Office web page. The site contains a link to the recent National Policing Plan 2005-2008, published by the Home Office on Wednesday 24th November 2004.

Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales:
www.policesupers.com/
The Association is the sole representative body of superintending ranks who are members of police forces in England and Wales maintained under section 1 of the Police Act 1996. It is so designated under section 64 of the Act, which provides for recognition by the Secretary of State of bodies representing officers who are not members of the Police Federation.

PolicingInfo:
www.ukpolicing.info
Independent web site set up to provide information on all aspects of policing.

Scottish Police College:
www.tulliallan.police.uk/
Set up to provide centralised training for all Scottish forces. The site contains information on recruitment and training of Scottish forces.

Commonwealth

Community Policing:
www.aic.gov.au/publications/lcj/community/index.html
A paper produced by Lorraine R Beyer for the Australian Institute of Criminology full text.

Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency:
www.apmab.gov.au
A body set up to represent the interests of ethnic communities in the Australian police. The site contains information on the corporate objectives and work of the APMAB, as well as recent publications, latest news and links to other related sites.

Canadian Police College/Collège canadien de police:
www.cpc.gc.ca/home_e.htm
Provides information on all aspects of training of Canadian police.

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada:
www.cisc.gc.ca/
Service canadien de renseignements criminel – the homepage for the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the Canadian national police service and an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada.

United States

The US Police Foundation:
www.policefoundation.org/
An independent resource for policing. It acts as a catalyst for change and an advocate for new ideas, in restating and reminding ourselves about the fundamental purposes of policing, and in ensuring that an important link remains intact between the police and the public they serve.

CopNet: International Law Enforcement:
www.copnet.org/
A comprehensive database of all US law enforcement agencies.

FBI:
www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm
The homepage of the FBI. The site has links to America’s Most Wanted and information about the type of investigations undertaken.

Officer.com:
www.officer.com/
Official journal of the US police agencies – provides up to date information on all aspects of policing.

Center for Problem-Oriented Policing:
www.popcenter.org/default.htm
The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is a non-profit organization comprising affiliated police practitioners, researchers, and universities dedicated to the advancement of problem-oriented policing.

International Union of Police Associations (IUPA):
www.iupa.org/
Police Union that aims to provide better working conditions for current and past law enforcement officers.

International

European Network of Policewomen:
www.enp.nl/
Through bringing together all European police forces the Network aims to work towards eradicating gender discrimination from the police and lobby for positive changes where needed.

Europol:
www.europol.europa.eu
Europol is the European Law Enforcement Organisation that aims at improving the effectiveness and co-operation of the competent authorities in the Member States in preventing and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international organised crime.

International Association of Chiefs of Police:
www.theiacp.org/
the world's oldest and largest non-profit membership organization of police executives, with over 19,000 members in over 89 different countries. The site provides a useful links section to police forces all over the world.

International Police Association (IPA):
www.ipa-iac.org
The largest police organization in the world that promotes discussions between country's forces to enable the best service possible to be provided. A useful comparative research tool.