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Practical policing guides

Interview techniques

• Getting the story from children : good practice in forensic interviews 
  Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008

Problem-solving

• Crime reduction toolkits
  Crime Reduction (UK)
• Problem-solving tool guides
  Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
• Problem-specific guides for police
  Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
• Response guides
  Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
• Problem-solving street crime : practical lessons from the Street Crime Initiative (PDF 900kB)
  Nick Tilley, Jonathan Smith, Stephen Finer, Rosie Erol, Corrine Charles, John Dobby. Home Office (UK) practice guide, 2004
• Becoming a problem-solving crime analyst in 55 small steps
  Ronald V Clarke and John Eck. Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, 2003
• Tackling crime and other public-safety problems : case studies in problem-solving
  Rana Sampson and Michael S Scott. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of Justice, 1999

Crime mapping

• Introductory guide to crime analysis and mapping (PDF 1007kB)
  Rachel Boba. Police Foundation (US), 2001
• Guidelines to implement and evaluate crime analysis and mapping (PDF 329KB)
  Rachel Boba. Police Foundation (US), 2000
• Mapping crime : principle and practice
  Keith Harries. National Institute of Justice (US), 1999

Recent publications

• Policing licensed premises in the Australian Capital Territory
  14 October 2011
• Police interviews with vulnerable adult suspects
  13 July 2011
• Measuring the effectiveness of drug law enforcement
  04 February 2011
• Community Policing in Australia
  07 January 2011
• Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation
  23 March 2010
• Career trajectories of women in policing in Australia
  01 February 2009
• Measuring police performance in domestic and family violence
  04 December 2008
• Counter-terrorism policing and culturally and linguistically diverse communities 2: a community policing framework
  05 June 2008
• Community satisfaction with police
  27 November 2007
• A framework for measuring the performance of drug law enforcement
  04 February 2007
• The impact of operational performance reviews on reported crime in Queensland
  04 May 2006
• Sworn police officers in Australia
  14 February 2006
• Police cautioning in Queensland : the impact on juvenile offending pathways
  04 February 2006
• Queensland police stings in online chat rooms
  04 July 2005
• 2002 National police custody survey
  04 June 2005

Recent events

• Vulnerable People Policing: inclusion or exclusion of target groups?
  17 November 2009
• Delivering crime prevention : making the evidence work
  22 November 2005
• Fourth Australasian women and policing conference : Improving policing for women in the Asia Pacific region
  21 August 2005
• Third Australasian women and policing conference : women and policing globally
  23 October 2002
• Current issues in regulation : enforcement and compliance
  03 September 2002