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This book provides a highly readable introduction to the role and function of the police and policing, examining the issues and debates that surround this. It looks at the 'core functions' of the police, the ways in which police functions have developed, their key characteristics, and the challenges they face. From the outset questions are asked about the conceptual contestability and ambiguity of policing, and different views of police roles are addressed in turn: policing as social control, crime investigation, managing risk, policing as community justice, and as a public good.
| ISBN | 1903240174 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9781903240175
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 362 | | Imprint | Willan Publishing | | Published in | Cullompton | | Format | Paperback | | Series editor | Newburn, Tim, Johnston, Les, Leishman, Frank | | Publication date | 01 Nov 2001 | | Series title | Policing & Society S. | | Library of Congress | 2003265152 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | DEWEY | 363.2 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | List of Figures | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | Introduction | | | | 1 | | The rise and fall of modern policing | | 1 | | 2 | | Policing as a rational function: back to basics? | | 25 | | 3 | | Peacekeeping: policing as social order | | 49 | | 4 | | Policing as crime investigation | | 72 | | 5 | | Policing as the management of risk | | 101 | | 6 | | Policing as community justice | | 128 | | 7 | | The politics of policing | | 153 | | | | References | | 179 | | | | Index | | 198 |
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