* Conway, V. (2014) Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Siochana.
* Newburn, T. (ed) (2008) Handbook of Policing (2nd ed). Abingdon: Routledge.
* Reiner, R. (2010) The Politics of the Police. (4th ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* Newburn, T. (2017) Criminology. (3nd ed). Abingdon: Routledge. Chapter 26.
* Jones, T., Newburn, T. and Reiner, R. (2017) ‘Policing and the Police’, in Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Criminology. (6th ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 34.
* Reisig, M. and Kane, R. (2014) The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* Walsh, D. (2009) Human Rights and Policing in Ireland: Law, Policy and Practice. Dublin: Clarus Press.
Students will be provided with supplementary materials on Moodle (Maynooth University’s Virtual Learning Environment) and via lecture slides and will be expected to utilise the Maynooth University website to obtain and read a variety of academic materials on the subject of policing.