Title: Effective policing? : implementation in theory and practice /
Authors: Kirby, Stuart, 1959-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Police; Criminal justice, Administration of; Police administration; Causes & prevention of crime.; Causes & prevention of crime.; Crime.; Police & security services.; Police & security services.; Police administration; Police; SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology.
Abstract: "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. Focusing on the implementation of policing, this book discusses the themes that make police organisations effective (or otherwise) with particular emphasis on the complexity of implementing strategy and tactics in contemporary society. Considering how the police can differ between and within agencies, Kirby critically determines why effective policing takes place as well as explaining why unintended consequences can occur. Supported by interviews with senior police officers and academics in the UK, Australia, Netherlands and the US, this book provides a rich source of case studies exploring a wide range of issues including accountability, organisational culture, decision making and the policing of major incidents at both senior and practitioner level." -- Publisher website.
Contents: 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.