Policing Images

ISBN-13: 9781903240717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 224 str.

Rob C. Mawby

Opis

In recent years the police have become one of the most watched and most visible organisations, and across the media there has been constant interest in the police. In such a situation the police themselves have been intensely concerned with promoting, projecting and protecting the police image.

Spis treści

Preface 1. The history of police image work 1829-1987 2. The professionalisation of police image work since 1987 3. The national picture: systems of police image work 4. Police image work at the local level: a force and its mission 5. Press and public relations officers at work 6. Image work and operational policing 7. Conclusions: image work, police work and legitimacy

O autorze

Rob C. Mawby is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leicester University. He was previously Senior Lecturer and Head of the Centre for Public Services Management and Research at Staffordshire University. He has written extensively on various aspects of policing.