The New Policing
The New Policing provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical issues confronting policing today. It incorporates an overview of traditional approaches to the study of the police with a discussion of current perspectives. The book goes on to examine key themes, including: -the core purpose of contemporary policework; -the reconfiguration of police culture; -organisational issues and dilemmas currently confronting the police; -the managerial reforms and professional; innovations that have been implemented in recent years; -the future of policing, security and crime control
1 online resource (263 pages)
9781847877017, 9781446238240, 184787701X, 1446238245
1027287432
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1
The Cultural Construction of the Police; Chapter 2
The Sociological Construction of the Police; Chapter 3
Police Studies: Traditional Perspectives; Chapter 4
Police Studies: New Perspectives; Chapter 5
Policing Crime and Disorder; Chapter 6
Police Culture; Chapter 7
Police Governance; Chapter 8
Policing the New Terrorism; References; Index