Police and Policing in the Uk - Governance and Accountability

Policing in the UK is currently experiencing a seismic shift in its nature, organization and purpose. This book examines the fractured terrain of UK policing and is the first to consider the myriad of issues and problems in policing across the UK

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Overview of policing structures in the UK 3. Governance and accountability 4: Police Complaints 5. Privatisation, Outsourcing and the extended policing family 6. Police, Crime and Disorder 7. Countervailing trends towards centralisation 8. Conclusion. the state of the police of the state.

About the author

Graham Ellisonis the senior lecturer in Criminology in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University, Belfast, UK and co-author, with Mike Brogden,of Policing in an Age of Austerity.

Summary

Policing in the UK is currently experiencing a seismic shift in its nature, organization and purpose. This book examines the fractured terrain of UK policing and is the first to consider the myriad of issues and problems in policing across the UK

Product details

• Authors: Graham Ellison, Graham (Queens University Ellison, Ellison Graham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780415858731
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85873-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Police & security services, Crime and criminology, Police and security services, Police law & police procedures, Police law and police procedures