Knowledge Management in Policing and Law Enforcement Foundations, Structures and Applications

• Sets out the conceptual framework for knowledge management and explains how an understanding of the subject can help policing at an operational level.
• Logically structured with a systematic progression through the key issues, systems and technologies
• Contains a variety of practical diagrams and models to represent and explain key concepts
• Draws on a range of policing examples from around the world with useful case studies to contextualise the issues
• Helps to address some of the concerns regarding police forces' information sharing in the light of the Bichard Inquiry

Sharing knowledge in policing remains a significant challenge for police forces around the world. The Bichard Inquiry examined the effectiveness of police forces' information sharing and found it to be severely lacking. This unique book sets out the conceptual framework for knowledge management and explains how a greater understanding of the subject can help policing at an operational level.

The book is split into a clear and logical three part structure: Part I covers the foundations of knowledge management and the key security issues in relation to a 'globalised' world of crime and terrorism, Part II looks at the building of structures and the use of applications and Part III integrates the first two parts by providing illustrative examples of working applications of police-specific knowledge management systems.

Drawing on examples from around the world, the book takes the reader through the range of different systems and approaches and shows how they can be implemented in practice using illustrative case studies and practical diagrams.

This is an ideal purchase for all police professionals and policing academics with an interest in, or role in knowledge management systems.

Readership: Police managers and senior officers, police trainers and IT specialists. Students and academics on policing, security and knowledge management courses. Also, police authorities and other law enforcement agencies, especially those involved in investigation eg SOCA and the Serious Fraud Office.