What Everyone in Britain Should Know About the Police

ISBN-13: 9781841742618 / Angielski

David Wilson; John Ashton

Opis

Policing in Britain has undergone considerable change since the 1960s and the last 20 years in particular have seen the growth of a more professional and managerial style of policing. This change has been prompted in part by technology; in part by changes in society at large; a growth of public expectations from the criminal justice system; changes in government policy and in part from within the police service itself. At the same time, debate about police conduct and ethics has been fuelled by revelations about police misconduct, miscarriages of justice, and a number of well-publicized cases of racial and sexual discrimination effecting serving officers and the way in which the country is policed.

Spis treści

A brief history of policing in England and Wales; the governance of policing; policing by consent; police culture; miscarriages of justice; policing elsewhere; policing initiatives; police professionalism; a vision for the future

O autorze

Professor David Wilson, a former prison governor resigned from the Prison Service in 1997 in protest at the state of British jails. Since leaving the Prison Service he has worked as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Prison Reform Trust and now works as Course Director of the Diploma/Masters course at the University of Central England, Birmingham. He is co-author, with John Ashton, of What Everyone in Britain Should Know About Crime and Punishment. John Ashton is a television journalist and writer. He is also co-author of Cover-up of Convenience: The Hidden Scandal of Lockerbie. Douglas Sharp is Course Director of the Criminal Justice and Policing Degree at University of Central England, Birmingham. He is a former Chief Superintendent of West Midlands Police and is Editor of Police, Research and Management Journal.