Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2022

Dominic Wood is Head of the School of Law, Criminal Justice, and Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University. After organizing and chairing an international policing conference at CCCU on Knowledge Led Policing, Dominic helped to establish the Higher Education Forum for Learning and Development in Policing.Sarah Bradshaw is a Professor and Head of the School of Law at Middlesex University. Her research is focused on gender equality and human rights. She also works on post-disaster response and recovery. She has advised many organizations on gender issues including the United Nations, and briefed the armed forces and first responders on gendered response to disaster including a high-level military conference at the invitation of the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces.Tara Dickens is the Director of Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University. Previously, she spent 20 years as a Kent Police officer working in uniformed response, criminal investigation, intelligence and public protection reaching the rank of Detective Chief Inspector.Julian Parker-McLeod is Director of Professional Education Programmes at the University of Portsmouth. Previously he was Director of the Centre of Excellence for Policing Studies at the University of Cumbria. He was also a Police Sergeant for the Cumbria Constabulary for over 15 years.Francis Simpson is a Lecturer in Policing at the University of Cumbria. His reseach interests include ethnography, police culture, organisational change, and 'Shop floor' culture within the police. Previously he worked for 30 years as police officer (Det.Con and Det.Sgt) with the West Mercia Police, West Midlands Police, and Metropolitan Police.Graham Weaver is an Inspector in Surrey Police. He is the PEQF Implementation Lead for Surrey Police and Sussex Police and a member of the Partnership Strategic Group, overseeing the PCDA and DHEP programmes run in collaboration with the Policing Education Consortium. He also sits on the College of Policing Initial Police Education Board.