Effective Policing? [electronic resource] : Implementation in Theory and Practice /
Kirby, S.author.
This book provides a unique insight into the way policing is performed. By embracing both organizational management issues as well as operational police business such as crime reduction and detection, firearms, disorder, organised crime and terrorism, it provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary police theory and practice.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a unique insight into the way policing is performed. By embracing both organizational management issues as well as operational police business such as crime reduction and detection, firearms, disorder, organised crime and terrorism, it provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary police theory and practice.
Preface -- "There are police and there are police" : exploring the complexity of the police operating framework -- External factors that influence the effectiveness of the police -- Internal factors that influence the effectiveness of the police -- The importance of context -- The fundamental building blocks of police effectiveness -- Strategic leadership : mission, resources, performance management and unintended consequences -- The police-citizen relationship -- Implementing a policing model -- Reducing crime -- The level of crime : a baseline on which to judge effectiveness? -- Reducing crime -- Implementation failure in crime and disorder initiatives -- Investigating crime and bringing offenders to justice -- The criminal justice system -- The investigation of crime -- Implementation failure and the professionalization of investigation -- Policing critical incidents and the use of force -- The police management of firearms incidents -- Policing disorder -- Investigating serious organised crime and terrorism -- Terrorism -- Organised crime -- Conclusion -- Are the police effective? -- The critical issues surrounding a more effective police service -- Praxis : implementing theory into practice.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Criminology.
Criminal law.
Police.
Cultural studies.
Law-Philosophy.
Law.
Crime and Society.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Policing.
Cultural Studies.
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.