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This exciting new book has three aims: to provide an analysis of the changing forms and functions of British policing; to consider the processes which have given rise to those changes; and to examine their implications for policing, society and governance. The central theme is the transition from modern to late modern policing in Britain, as well as in Europe, North America and elsewhere. A key element of this transition is the fragmentation of policing into diverse forms. For that reason the book examines both public policing and the commercial, municipal and civil forms which operate alongside it.
List of contents
Introduction
PART1: PROCESSES
1. The establishment and consolidation of the modern police
2. Globalization, restructuring and late modern policing
PART 2: FUNCTIONS
3. The functions of modern police
4. The functions of late modern police
PART 3: FORMS
5. Public policing: devolution, decentralization and diversity
6. Public policing: co-ordination, centralization and order
7. Public policing: the transnational dimension
8. Commercial policing
9. Regenerating locality: municipal and civil policing
PART 4: CONCLUSION
10. The future of policing
Suggestions for further reading
Bibliography
Summary
This exciting new book has three aims: to provide an analysis of the changing forms and functions of British policing; to consider the processes which have given rise to those changes; and to examine their implications for policing, society and governance. The central theme is the transition from modern to late modern policing in Britain, as well as in Europe, North America and elsewhere. A key element of this transition is the fragmentation of policing into diverse forms. For that reason the book examines both public policing and the commercial, municipal and civil forms which operate alongside it.
