The Future of policing

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Title:

Author:

Morgan, Rodney.

ISBN:

9780198764410

9780198764403

Personal Author:

Morgan, Rodney.

Publication Information:

Oxford, [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Physical Description:

vii, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

1. The changing social context of British policing -- 2. Recent developments in policing -- 3. The role of the police -- 4. Questions posed -- 5. Dilemmas stated -- 6. Options for change -- 7. Next steps.

Abstract:

This succinct, tightly-written book offers a critical examination of the key issues facing policing in modern Britain. Those issues can be summarised in the following way: how is the apparently insatiable demand by the public for more policing and better protection to be satisfied, given the continued limits on public spending; that there is concern that what the public demands may not have a significant effect on crime levels; and that further extension of police powers and the reach of the law could themselves have unwanted consequences. All these questions are posed and answered on the basis of the wealth of research and operational evidence gathered by the police service itself, the Home Office, and independent researchers.

The book is comprehensive in its examination of all the issues outlined above, but it is jargon-free and accessible, thus ensuring its appeal to the well-informed lay person as well as to students of criminology, criminal justice, social policy and those enrolled in police studies courses, and policy-makers.

Subject Term:

Police -- Great Britain.

Added Author:

Newburn, Tim.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0605/96053053-d.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0605/96053053-t.html

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There are a number of very real dilemmas confronting those thinking about the future of policing in Britain and this succinct, pithy book offers a critical examination of the key issues. Among the vital questions considered are: how are the police to break out of the current cycle of rising costs and, in some people's eyes, declining productivity?; should criminal procedure be amended, as the police wish, in order to increase the likelihood of convicting and sentencing persistent offenders?; would the consequences of this be to further alienate from the police the more disadvantaged sections of the community? Perhaps the key issues facing policing in modern Britain can be summarised in the following way: how is the apparently insatiable demand by the public for more policing and better protection to be satisfied, given the continued limits on public spending; that there is concern that what the public demands may not have a significant effect on crime levels; and that further extension of police powers and the reach of the law could themselves have unwanted consequences. All these questions are posed and answered on the basis of the wealth of research and operational evidence gathered by the police service itself, the Home Office, and independent researchers. The book is comprehensive in its examination of all the issues outlined above, but it is jargon-free and accessible, thus ensuring its appeal to the general, well-informed reader as well as to students of criminology, criminal justice, social policy, and those enrolled in police studies courses, and policy-makers.