Policing Images - Policing, Communication and Legitimacy

Informationen zum Autor Rob C. Mawby is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leicester University. He was previously Senior Lecturer and Head of the Centre for Public Services Management and Research at Staffordshire University. He has written extensively on various aspects of policing. Klappentext At a time of intense debate about the future role and nature of the police this book makes a key contribution! and raises questions about the implications of police image work for both democratically accountable policing and the wider transformations in society. Zusammenfassung At a time of intense debate about the future role and nature of the police this book makes a key contribution, and raises questions about the implications of police image work for both democratically accountable policing and the wider transformations in society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. The history of police image work 1829-1987 2. The professionalisation of police image work since 1987 3. The national picture: systems of police image work 4. Police image work at the local level: a force and its mission 5. Press and public relations officers at work 6. Image work and operational policing 7. Conclusions: image work, police work and legitimacy

Product details

• Authors: Rob Mawby, Rob (University of Leicester Mawby, Rob C. Mawby, Mawby Rob
• Publisher: Willan Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781903240717
• ISBN: 978-1-903240-71-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / Jurisprudence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Police & security services, Jurisprudence & general issues, British Isles, Police and security services, Jurisprudence and general issues