Intelligence-led policing and the problems of turning rhetoric into practice

Author: Ratcliffe J.

Source: Policing and Society, Volume 12, Number 1, 1 January 2002 , pp. 53-66(14)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Policing strategies, and the terminology that accompanies them, can now be rapidly disseminated around the world. New tactics that are seen to apparently work elsewhere are often demanded of local police before any real evaluation has taken place. This paper looks at 'intelligence-led policing' - currently seen as one of the more positive contributions that policing can make to crime prevention and reduction. In the context of policing in Australia this paper suggests that local factors and recent history may hinder the adoption of some strategies and that arrogation of rhetoric may be easier than adopting the practices.

Keywords: Intelligence-led policing; Informants; Surveillance; Intelligence strategy; Australia

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: School of Policing Studies, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales Police College, Locked Bag 2005, Goulburn NSW 2580, Australia

Publication date: 2002-01-01