Screen LibraryEffective policing? : implementation in theory and practice /
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| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 213 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references(pages 183-209) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137026781 (hardback) : 1137026782 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HV7921 |
| CLC: | D035.3 |
| Call Number: | D035.3/K584 |
| 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. |