The expanding remit of policing as a fundamental part of the public health continuum is increasingly acknowledged on the international scene. Similarly the growing role of health professionals as brokers of public safety means that the need for scholarly resources for developing knowledge and broadening theoretical positioning and questioning is becoming urgent and crucial. The fields of law enforcement and public health are beginning to understand the inextricable links between public safety and public health and the need to shift policies and practices towards more integrated practices. This book comes as a first, an utterly timely scholarly collection that brings together the views of multidisciplinary commentators on a wide range of issues and disciplines within the law enforcement and public health (LEPH) arena. The book addresses the more conceptual aspects of the relationship as well as more applied fields of collaboration, and the authors describe and analyze a range of servicedelivery examples taken from real-life instances of partnerships in action. Among the topics covered:

Is the first comprehensive collection on law enforcement and public health (LEPH) by world leading authors

PART I - HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES.- Chapter 1. Conceptual and practice tensions in LEPH: Public health approaches to policing and Police and public health collaborations.- Chapter 2. The historical public health and social work role of the police.- Chapter 3. Defund, Dismantle or Define.- Chapter 4. Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability.- Chapter 5. Challenges and Opportunities in Educating Law Enforcement Officers: 2020 and Beyond.- Chapter 6. Historical and Conceptual Issues: Community Voices.- PART II - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH: PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS IN PRACTICE.- Chapter 7 - Improving Community Outcomes and Social Equity Through Leveraged Police Leadership.- Chapter 8. Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle.- Chapter 9. The challenges of sustaining partnerships and the diversification of cultures.- Chapter 10. Using public health concepts and metrics to guide policing strategy and practice: The case for an academic center forpolicing and public health.- Chapter 11. Law Enforcement and Public Health Partnerships and Collaborations in Practice: Community Voices.- PART III - SPECIAL ISSUES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.- Chapter 12. Moving Beyond the War on Drugs? The Rhetoric and Reality of Harm Minimisation in Australia.- Chapter 13. Refugees: sitting at the nexus of law enforcement and public health. Chapter 14. First responders stress and resilience as a matter of the public health: A Scientific Approach to Police Commander's Testimonial about Police Work Challenges following Practical Implications.- Chapter 15. Law enforcement and public health: a framework for analysis of LEPH in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs).- Chapter 16. Policing pandemics: developing effective policing responses during health emergencies.