Interpreting Policework - Policy and Practice in Forms of Beat Policing

List of contents

Foreword and Acknowledgements. Part I: Theories and Methodologies 1. Shaping a Structural Lens Part II: The Unit Beat System 2. Patrol Report 3. Decoding the Message Part III: The Resident Beat System 4. Working the Patch 5. A Pattern Emerges. Conclusions to Parts II and III. Part IV: The Policy System Introduction to Part IV. 6. What Do We Mean by Policy? 7. The System at Work I: Meetings 8. The System at Work II: Policy Files Part V: Conclusions 9. From the Theory to the Politics of Policework. Appendix: Interview Schedules. References. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.

About the author

Roger Grimshaw and Tony Jefferson

Summary

Originally published in 1987, the achievement of this book is that it combines rigorous theoretical analysis with a wealth of descriptive material drawn from first-hand observation of policing and decision making at all levels, and thus relates sociological theory to practice and political debate at the time.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Grimshaw, Roger Jefferson Grimshaw, Grimshaw Roger, Tony Jefferson, Jefferson Tony
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032417790
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241779-0
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Police and Policing
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Police & security services, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Police and security services