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Policing the Police: Challenges of Democracy and Accountability (PDF eBook)


Policing the Police: Challenges of Democracy and Accountability (PDF eBook)

eBook by Rowe, Michael

Policing the Police: Challenges of Democracy and Accountability (PDF eBook)

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ISBN:
9781447347088
Publication Date:
05 Feb 2020
Publisher:
Bristol University Press
Imprint:
Policy Press
Pages:
176 pages
Format:
eBook
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Policing the Police: Challenges of Democracy and Accountability (PDF eBook)

Description

How does society hold its police to account? ItOs a vital part of upholding law and liberty but changing modes of policing delivery and new technologies call for fresh thinking about the way we guard our guards. This much-needed new book from leading criminology professor Michael Rowe, part of the NKey Themes in PolicingO series, explores issues of governance, discipline and transparency. The landmark new study: O Showcases how social change and rising inequalities make it more difficult to ensure meaningful accountability; O Addresses the impact of Evidence-Based Policing strategies on the direction and control of officers; O Sets out a game-changing agenda for ensuring democratic and answerable policing. For policing students and practitioners, itOs an essential guide to modern-day accountability.

Contents

Police Accountability in the 21st Century, New Wine, New Bottles?; Principles and Purposes of Accountability; Governance and Politics of Policing; Complaints and Discipline; Science, Evidence and Police Accountability in the Age of Big Data; Internal Management and Leadership; Transparency and the External Gaze; Police Accountability and the Problem of the Public.

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