Lengthening the Arm of the Law - Enhancing Police Resources in the Twenty-First Century

Informationen zum Autor Julie Ayling is a Research Associate in the Regulatory Institutions Network at The Australian National University. She previously worked as a senior lawyer in a number of Australian government departments and authorities. Peter Grabosky is Professor at the Regulatory Institutions Network, The Australian National University, and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security. He is the 2006 winner of the Sellin-Glueck Award of the American Society of Criminology. He is author most recently of Electronic Crime (2007) and Cyber Criminals on Trial (with Russell G. Smith and Gregor Urbas; Cambridge University Press, 2004), which won the Outstanding Book Award of the American Society of Criminology's Division of International Criminology. Clifford Shearing is Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has held positions at the University of Toronto, the Australian National University, and the University of the Western Cape. He is author most recently of Imagining Security (with Jennifer Wood; 2007) and Governing Security (with Les Johnston; 2003). Klappentext This book explores exchange relationships that can enhance police resources and examines their policy implications. Zusammenfassung This book is about the ways police organisations are raising funds and obtaining assistance to meet their objectives through entering into arrangements with 'outsiders' – businesses, community groups, other public agencies, and individuals. It examines the benefits and risks of these arrangements and how they affect police efficiency, effectiveness, and image. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Obtaining and allocating police resources; 3. Coercion; 4. Sale - buying; 5. Sale - selling; 6. Gift; 7. Ambiguous exchanges and the police; 8. Conclusions.

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• Authors: Julie Ayling, Julie (Australian National University Ayling, Ayling Julie, Peter Grabosky, Peter (Australian National University Grabosky, Clifford Shearing, Clifford (University of Cape Town) Shearing, Shearing Clifford
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521732598
• ISBN: 978-0-521-73259-8
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Criminology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Legal aspects of criminology, Police & security services, Crime & criminology, Police and security services, Police law & police procedures, Criminology: legal aspects