State Police in a State of Change : Remaking the entrepreneurial officer

ISBN-13: 9783639024579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 488 str.

Darren Palmer

Opis

Questions concerning how to govern police practicehave never been more pressing or more fluid. Thisstudy locates contemporary developments in policeaccountability techniques within a broader analysisof the historical circumstances shaping the changingtechniques for governing police. The recentpluralisation of police accountability processes andstructures is examined through the application ofgovernmentality studies. Drawing on a comparativeanalysis of two Australian States the book provides adetailed account of the development of governmentaltechniques for ''making up'' the entrepreneurialofficer. While such a governmental project is notimplemented unproblematically the book concludes thatthe attempt to shape the development of theentrepreneurial officer through the managerialisationof governing presents distinct possibilities for anew ''politics of policing'' that fosters deliberativeand reflective police practice.

O autorze

Dr Darren Palmer is a Senior lecturer in Criminology at Deakin
University in Victoria, Australia. He has previously taught Law
and Legal Studies at La Trobe University. He has researched and
written on a variety of policing-related topics and continues to
conduct research and provide expert media commentary in this field.