Description |
1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Routledge advances in police practice and knowledge |
Contents |
<P>1. Policing Structure-Historical Context; 2. Policing Structures-Accountability, Governance, and Control; 3. Local Police Structures; 4. National Policing Structures; 5. International Police Structures; 6. Partnership Structures 7. Working within the Structures; 8. Police Structures and the Future?</P> |
Summary |
This book examines the structures that support the policing organisation internally and externally, including its partners within the criminal justice system. It has been written for students of policing, especially those undertaking qualifications under the new Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF), undergraduates who study the police as part of a criminology or criminal justice degree or similar, and those with a general interest in the police organisation in England and Wales. It includes chapters on: The historical context of police structure. Accountability, governance, and control in the police. Local, national, and international police structures. The partnership between the police and the criminal justice system. The future structure of policing. Throughout the chapters are important point boxes' which emphasise the key parts of each topic. At the end of each chapter are reflective questions, useful websites, and a further reading list, all of which reinforces students' knowledge and furthers their professional development. Written in clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students of policing, criminology, criminal justice, cultural studies, and law. It is essential reading for students taking a degree in Professional Policing |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Colin Rogers is Professor of Policing and Security at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales. As aformer practitioner of 30 years' service he has been involved in policing matters at a local, national, and international level |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 24, 2020) |
Subject |
Police administration -- Great Britain
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Police professionalization -- Great Britain
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Police -- England.
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Police -- Wales
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- England
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Wales
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Police professionalization
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Police administration
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Police
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Great Britain
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England
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Wales
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1000196232 |
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9781000196191 |
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1000196194 |
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9781003002710 |
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1003002714 |
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9781000196238 |
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9781000196214 |
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1000196216 |
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