Policing in an Age of Austerity A postcolonial perspective; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: turning over the pebble; 2 The state of the police of the state; 3 Smoke and mirrors: the cuts in policing and the technological fix; 4 Commodifying state policing: the export of the 'UK Police plc' brand; 5 Policing the Other through law; 6 Policing the Other: continuity of practice from St Giles to Dale Farm; Epilogue: treading the thin blue line; Endnote; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Policing in an Age of Austerity uniquely examines the effects on one key public service: the state police of England and Wales. Focusing on the major cut-backs in its resources, both in material and in labour, it details the extent and effects of that drastic reduction in provision together with related matters in Scotland and Northern Ireland. This book also investigates the knock-on effect on other public agencies of diminished police contribution to public well-being. The book argues that such a dramatic reduction in police services has occurred in an almost totally uncoordinated way, both
