a well-informed, cogent, even magisterial, contribution to our understanding of both policing and law ... This is a fine book. It more than fulfils its ambition to combine theory, empirical research and policy analysis. It shows a proper regard for the sociological (and political) significance of unevenness and contigency.
David Dixon is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Law at Hull University. He has been a visiting Research Fellow at Rutgers University and is a consultant to The Royal Commission on the New South Wales Police Service.