Police Leadership in the 21st Century: Responding to the Challenges

ISBN-13: 9781439860342 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 250 str.

Jenny Fleming;Eugene Mclaughlin

Opis

Broadening the understanding of police challenges and dilemmas, this text identifies and discusses eight key issues that confront policing today. The book explores the role of the police chief against the background of global neoliberalization, new management methodologies, crime management, corporate policing organizations, mixed economy issues, police labor unions, public expectations, demands, and the political climate. The text examines policing in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and North America with some additional examples from other countries.

Spis treści

CONTEXTUALISATION
Policing and the global risk society
Trends in public administration
Strategic crime management
CHANGING POLICE CULTURES
The corporate police organization
The mixed economy of policing
Unions
EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
Public expectations
Political realities
Conclusion

O autorze

Jenny Fleming is a professor at the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Eugene McLaughlin is a professor at City University in London, UK.