Policing: Key Readings

ISBN-13: 9781843920922 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 848 str.

Tim Newburn

Opis

Policing has developed as an increasingly important and popular subject of study at colleges and universities in western societies, either as a subject in its own right or as part of broader courses in the field of criminology and criminal justice. At the same time police forces themselves have become increasingly professionalized and engaged with academic and theoretical debates on the nature of policing. Both students and practitioners have needed ready access to the growing body of literature and writing on policing. There now exists a body of work much of it North American, some of it British, some Australian that constitutes the core of policing studies. Much of it, however, exists in the form of articles in journals or other publications, and is often not readily accessible to students or practitioners needing this for their course or training. This book aims to bring together the key readings which constitute this core of policing studies, setting them within the necessary t

Recenzje

'This volume offers a definitive and invaluable resource for students (and scholars) who wish to learn about the development and content of policing research. It is a fitting companion to Tim Newburn's 2003 Handbook of Policing, which provided a state-of-the-art collection of contemporary papers on the main aspects of contemporary policing in the UK. Tim Newburn's editorial introductions to each section of both volumes are exceptionally judicious and helpful, drawing out the core points of each contribution and its relationship to the others. Policing: Key Readings offers not only a wealth of material for students new to the field, but an opportunity to assess the development and future(s) of policing research. For me, studying the papers selected from a range of nearly a half-century repeatedly gave me a frisson of shocked pleasure at rediscovering the quality of the classics of the field, which I have referred to but not properly re-read for many years.
- Professor Robert Reiner (LSE), in Policing and Society (2006)

Spis treści

Part A: The Emergence and Development of the Police Introduction  Part B: The Role and Function of the Police Introduction  Part C: Police Culture Introduction  Part D: Policing Strategies Introduction  Part E: Deviance, Ethics and Control Introduction  Part F: The Emerging Pattern of Policing Introduction