Lengthening the arm of the law
Subtitle: enhancing police resources in the 21st Century
By: Julie Ayling, Peter Grabosky, Clifford Shearing.
Contributors: Grabosky, Peter N., 1945-; Shearing, Clifford D., 1942-
Edition: 1st published 2008.
Series: Cambridge studies in criminology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521493512; 9780521732598
Subjects: Police administration.; Police -- Finance.; Police -- Equipment and supplies.
Description: "Relentless fiscal pressures faced by the public police over the last few decades have meant that police organisations have had to find new ways to obtain and harness the resources needed to achieve their goals. Through entering into relationships of coercion, commercial exchange, and gift with a wide variety of external institutions and individuals operating in both public and private capacities, police organisations have risen to this challenge. Indeed, police organisations are increasingly operating within a business paradigm. But what are the benefits of these relationships and the nature of the risks that might accompany reliance upon them? This book examines these new modes of exchange between police and 'outsiders' and explores how far these relationships can be taken before certain fundamental values - equity in the distribution of policing, cost-effectiveness in the delivery of police services, and the legitimacy of the police institution itself - are placed in jeopardy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Obtaining and allocating police resources; title: Coercion; title: Sale & buying; title: Sale & selling; title: Gift; title: Ambiguous exchanges and the police; title: Conclusions.