Zero Tolerance Policing

This book examines the key issues of what policing is about and who defines it by exploring the notion of zero tolerance and its application in different settings.

List of contents

Introduction; The New York 'miracle'; Zero tolerance policing: UK and the Netherlands; Conclusion.

About the author

Maurice Punch is Visiting Professor at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science and also teaches on criminological programmes at King`s College London. He has worked at universities in the UK, US and the Netherlands and has published widely on corporate crime and police corruption. 

Summary

This book examines the key issues of what policing is about and who defines it by exploring the notion of zero tolerance and its application in different settings.

Product details

• Authors: Maurice Punch
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781847420558
• ISBN: 978-1-84742-055-8
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 129 g
• Series: Researching Criminal Justice Series; Researching Criminal Justice; Researching Criminal Justice Series; Researching Criminal Justice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology