Author: Edited by Jennifer M Brown
ISBN No: 978-0-415-82162-9
Review date: 14/12/2025
No of pages: 522
Publisher: Routledge
Publisher URL:
http://www.routledge.com
Year of publication: 28/10/2013
Brief:
The Future of Policing. Published 2014 by Routledge, hardback, 522 pages, £130. ISBN 978-0-415-82162-9. Visit http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415821629/
Police in England and Wales are facing major challenges in financing, political oversight and reorganisation of structures.
Cost saving is permitting hitherto unthinkable changes in style and means of delivery of policing services. In the context of these proposed changes Lord Stevens, formerly Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service was asked to chair an Independent Commission looking into the future of policing. The Commission has a wide ranging remit and the papers in this book offer up-to-date analysis of contemporary problems.
Bringing together contributions from both key academic thinkers and police professionals, this book discusses new policing paradigms, lays out a case for an evidence-based practice approach and draws attention to developing areas such as terrorism, public order and hate crime.
The authors suggest that policing is too important to be left to politicians, as the health of a democracy may be judged by the relationship between the police and the public. The aim of this book is to question and present analyses of problems offer new ideas and propose realistically achievable solutions without being so timid as to preserve the status quo. It will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of criminology and policing studies, besides professionals in the policing service, NGOs and local authorities.
