The police service in England and Wales is facing major challenges in its financing, political oversight and reorganisation of its structures. Current economic conditions have created a wholly new environment whereby cost saving is permitting hitherto unthinkable changes in the style and means of delivery of policing services. In the context of these proposed changes Lord Stevens, formerly Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service was asked to chair an Independent Commission looking into the future of policing. The Commission has a wide ranging remit and the papers in this book offer up-to-date analysis of contemporary problems from the novel perspective of developing a reform agenda to assist the Commission.
Bringing together contributions from both key academic thinkers and police professionals, this book discusses new policing paradigms, lays out a case for an evidence-based practice approach and draws attention to developing areas such as terrorism, public order and hate crime.
Policing is too important to be left to politicians, as the health of a democracy may be judged by the relationship between the police and the public. The aim of this book is to question and present analyses of problems offer new ideas and propose realistically achievable solutions without being so timid as to preserve the status quo. It will be of interest to both academics and students in the fields of criminology and policing studies, as well as professionals in the policing service, NGOs and local authority organisations.
Introduction, The challenges of contemporary policing, Part 1: Purposes, 1. Peel's principles, police principles 2. Policing: privatizing and changes in the policing web 3. Why do the police matter? Beyond the myth of crime fighting 4. What are the police for? Re-thinking policing post-austerity5. Reinventing the office of constable: progressive policing in an age of austerity6. Police futures and legitimacy; redefining good policingPart 2: Culture 7. Police culture and the policing context8. Race and policing 9. Women police; potential and possibilities for police10. A diversity stone left unturned? Exploring the occupational complexities surrounding lesbian, gay and bisexual police officers,The practice of policing, Part 3: Relationships 11. The police, policing and the future of the "extended policing family" 12. A blended model for the police-private provision of policing in England and Wales13. Playing nicely with others: lessons from successes in partnership work for the police service 14. Beyond rhetoric: establishing academic-police partnerships that workPart 4: Delivery 15. From Sir Robert Peel to plts: adapting to liaison-based public order policing in England and Wales16. Landscaping the policing of organised crime; some design reflections17. The role of police in counter terrorism18. Intelligence-led policing and the national intelligence model 19. Holding the line: the sustainability of police involvement in crime prevention20. Hate Crime, Supporting policing, Part 5: Professionalising 21. The promise and perils of police professionalism,22. The pursuit of professionalism: lessons from Australasia23. The police as professional problem solvers24. Police training and education: past, present and future25. Leading by example: the untapped resource of first line police supervisors Part 6: Governance 26. Engaging the citizen 27. Making police accountable; governance and legitimacy28. The rise and rise of independent police complaints bodies, 29. Ethics and policing30. Great expectations and complex realities: assessing the impact and implications of the police reform process in Northern Ireland 31. Different and divergent trajectories? Reforming the structure, governance and narrative of policing in Scotland.
