Intelligenceled Policing Author:Jerry H. Ratcliffe What is intelligence-Led policing? Who came up with the idea? Where did it come from? How does it related to other policing paradigms? What distinguishes an intelligence-Led approach to crime reduction? How is it designed to have an impact on crime? Does it prevent crime? What is crime disruption? Is intelligence-Led policing just for the police... more »? These are questions asked by many police professionals, including senior officers, analysts and operational staff, as well as students of policing. The answers to these questions are the subject of this book."Intelligence-Led Policing" brings the concepts, processes and practice of intelligence-Led policing into focus, so that students, practitioners and scholars of policing, criminal intelligence and crime analysis can better understand the evolving theoretical and empirical dynamics of this rapidly growing paradigm. The first book of its kind, enhanced by viewpoint contributions from intelligence experts and case studies of police operations, provides a much-needed and timely in-depth synopsis of this emerging movement in a practical and accessible style.« less