This book provides a unique insight into the way policing is performed. By embracing both organizational management issues as well as operational police business such as crime reduction and detection, firearms, disorder, organised crime and terrorism, it provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary police theory and practice.
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Stuart Kirby is a former police officer and Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University, UK.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, xiv + 213 pages, NOT ex-library. Signs of gentle wear, pages are clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show shelfwear and short corner creases. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: 1 'There Are Police and There Are Police': Exploring the Complexity of the Police Operating Framework [External factors that influence the effectiveness of the police (Late modernity and the contemporary policing environment: keeping pace with change; Partnership and plural policing; Role of the police and how they are measured; Emergence of stakeholders: Politics, the media and other influences: - Politicians - Media - Emergence of the expert critic; Operational environment and the conscious opponent); Internal factors that influence the effectiveness of the police (Police organizational culture and the use of discretion; Police leader; Choosing the correct intervention: Knowledge of 'what works'; Police practitioner: competence, knowledge and motivation); Importance of context; Conclusion] 2 Fundamental Building Blocks of Police Effectiveness [Introduction; Strategic leadership: mission, resources, performance management and unintended consequences (Mission; Resourcing; Improving police performance: New Public Management; Unintended consequences of New Public Management: system failure and bureaucracy); Police-citizen relationship (Current state of public/police interactions; Can the police follow a procedural justice model?); Implementing a policing model (Introduction; Professional policing model; Community policing; Problem-oriented policing; Reassurance policing; Intelligence-led policing; Zero tolerance; Compstat); Conclusion] 3 Reducing Crime [Level of crime: A baseline on which to judge effectiveness?; Reducing crime (Introduction; A four-stage process to reduce crime and disorder); Implementation failure in crime and disorder initiatives (Theory failure; Implementation failure; Evaluation or measurement failure; Implementing national approaches); Conclusion] 4 Investigating Crime and Bringing Offenders to Justice [Criminal justice system (Process of bringing offenders to justice); Investigation of crime (Rules of investigation; Seriousness of the crime); Major crime investigation (Competence of the investigator; Tools and resources for the investigator); Implementation failure and the professionalization of investigation; Conclusion] 5 Policing Critical Incidents and the Use of Force [Police use of force; Critical incident; Police management of firearms incidents (A new phenomena: active shooter incidents); Policing disorder (Policing of crowds; Policing crowds and protest in London); Conclusion] 6 Investigating Serious Organized Crime and Terrorism [Terrorism (Defining terrorism and terrorists; Threat from international terrorism; International policing response to terrorism; A national response to terrorism: implementing the UK Contest strategy; Implementing the Contest strategy: some unintended consequences); Organized crime (Defining organized crime and Organized Crime Groups; Level of organized crime; Challenges of organized crime to policing; Police response to organized crime: Prosecution, disruption and prevention); Conclusion] 7 Conclusion [Are the police effective?; Critical issues surrounding a more effective police service (External elements; Internal elements; Context); Praxis: implementing theory into practice (Tools to aid implementation; Role of leadership in implementation; Where do academics fit in?); Conclusion]; References; Index -- This book provides a unique insight into the way policing is performed. By embracing both organizational management issues as well as operational police business such as crime reduction and detection, firearms, disorder, organised crime and terrorism, it provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary police theory and practice. N° de réf. du vendeur 007470
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