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'Margaret E. Beare and Tonita Murray have assembled an excellent volume and, in Police and Government Relations, have made a major contribution to our understanding of democratic policing. The chapters are erudite, well written and documented, and, most impressively, arranged in such a way that a dialogue emerges between the authors so that they speak to and compliment one another's arguments.'-Peter K. Manning
List of contents
ForewordAcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction MARGARETE. BEARE and TONITA MURRAYThe Overview: Four Models of Police-Government Relations KENT ROACH * Commentary by R.H. SimmondsThe Oversight of Executive-Police Relations in Canada: 'The Constitution, the Courts, Administrative Processes, and Democratic Governance' LORNE SOSSIN * Commentaries by A. Alan Borovoy and W. Wesley PuePolice-Government Relations in the Context of State-Aboriginal Relations GORDON CHRISTIE * Commentary by Toni Williams and Kim MurrayThe Idea of the Political 'Independence' of the Police: International Interpretations and Experiences PHILIP STENNING Accountability Mechanisms: Legal Sites of Executive-Police Relations -- Core Principles in a Canadian Context DIANNE MARTIN * Commentary by Susan Eng Steeped in Politics: The Ongoing History of Politics in Policing MARGARET E. BEARE * Commentary by Tonita MurrayEpilogue: Extracts from the Ipperwash Inquiry TranscriptsAppendix: Discussion Paper and Questions Used to Guide the Ipperwash Deliberations on Government-Police RelationsBibliographyIndex
About the author
Tonita Murray is a consultant and gender advisor to the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs and former director of the Canadian Police College.
Summary
Police and Government Relations explores the question of police governance and independence from a number of different points of view.
