Synopses & Reviews
Policing is changing rapidly and radically. An increasingly complex array of public, private and municipal bodies - as well as public police forces - are engaged in the provision of regulation and security. Consequently, it is difficult to think of security provision primarily in terms of what the public police do, and so the terminology of 'fragmented' or 'plural' policing systems has become well-established within criminology and police science.
'Plural policing' is now a central issue within criminology and police studies throughout the world, and there is now a large and growing body of research and theory concerned with its extent, nature and governance. To date, however, this work has been dominated by Anglo-American perspectives. This volume takes a detailed comparative look at the development of plural policing, and provides the most up-to-date work of reference for scholars in this field.
Edited by two of the world's leading authorities on policing, and including individual contributions from internationally recognised experts in criminology and police studies, this is the first ever volume to focus on ?plural policing? internationally, and to draw together empirical evidence on its developments in a formal comparative framework.
Synopsis
This new volume in the International Library of Policy Analysis series is the first comprehensive overview of policy analysis in the Czech Republic—and the first of any postcommunist Central or Eastern European region. As such, it offers a unique picture of policy analysis that differs profoundly from prevailing Western versions. Written by experts in the field, including scholars and policy makers, the book outlines the historical development of policy analysis in the region, identifies its role in education and research, and examines its styles and methods.
Synopsis
Studies of policing tend to focus on effectiveness—on what works—rather than on the more important question of what matters, of why policing should be done in particular ways or reformed or restructured. This book explores that angle, looking at the implications of recent restructurings in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, with a special emphasis on the dilemmas faced by police leadership as they confront change.
About the Author
Arnost Veselý is head of the Department of Public and Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, at Charles University in Prague.Martin Nekola is a researcher on the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague.Eva M. Hejzlarová is a researcher on the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague.
Table of Contents
Foreword: A Crisis in Public Policing - Peter Neyroud
Preface
Policing in perilous times: change and leadership
Police systems, perspectives and contested paradigms
Sea of troubles: the nature of policing
When matters become ‘really real’: commanding operations
Leadership and leadership development
Towards a comprehensive paradigm