Interpreting Policework: Policy and Practice in Forms of Beat Policing

ISBN-13: 9781032417790 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 332 str.

Tony Jefferson

Opis

Originally published in 1987, the achievement of this book is that it combines rigorous theoretical analysis with a wealth of descriptive material drawn from first-hand observation of policing and decision making at all levels, and thus relates sociological theory to practice and political debate at the time.

Spis treści

Foreword and Acknowledgements.  Part I: Theories and Methodologies  1. Shaping a Structural Lens  Part II: The Unit Beat System  2. Patrol Report 3. Decoding the Message  Part III: The Resident Beat System  4. Working the Patch  5. A Pattern Emerges.  Conclusions to Parts II and III.  Part IV: The Policy System  Introduction to Part IV.  6. What Do We Mean by Policy?  7. The System at Work I: Meetings  8. The System at Work II: Policy Files  Part V: Conclusions  9. From the Theory to the Politics of Policework.  Appendix: Interview Schedules.  References.  Index of Names.  Index of Subjects.