This book is concerned with the ways in which the problem of security is thought about and promoted by a range of actors and agencies in the public, private and nongovernmental …
J Jackson, B Bradford - The British journal of sociology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Public confidence in policing is receiving increasing attention from UK social scientists and policy‐makers. The criminal justice system relies on legitimacy and consent to an extent …
This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text draws upon theory from Marx and Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding of community in capitalist society. The book takes …
DH Bayley - Police Reform from the Bottom Up, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This paper examines nine innovations in American policing since the report of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (1967) …
Runner up in the British Society of Criminology Book Prize 2010 What is anti-social behaviour? Can it be dealt with effectively? Is the problem exaggerated? From the Daily …
F Van Gemert, D Peterson, IL Lien - 2013 - books.google.com
This book is the third publication from the Eurogang Network, a cross-national collaboration of researchers (from both North America and Europe) devoted to comparative and multi …
R Reiner - Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This article critically analyses two key debates about police and policing: the problematic definition of their role, and how they can be rendered democratically accountable. Both …
This book is about citizen participation in political institutions, focusing on the police service of England and Wales. The police service may not be 'popularly'understood as a political …
A Millie - Criminology & criminal justice, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past four decades the police service strength in England and Wales grew by nearly a third. This was at a time when the population grew by just 10 per cent. This sustained …