Broadening the understanding of police challenges and dilemmas, this text identifies and discusses eight key issues that confront policing today. The book explores the role of the police chief against the background of global neoliberalization, new management methodologies, crime management, corporate policing organizations, mixed economy issues, police labor unions, public expectations, demands, and the political climate. The text examines policing in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and North America with some additional examples from other countries.
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Policing leadership professionals, policy makers, private security professionals, and academics.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-1-4398-6034-2 (9781439860342)
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Jenny Fleming is a professor at the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
Eugene McLaughlin is a professor at City University in London, UK.
CONTEXTUALISATION: Policing and the global risk society. Trends in public administration. Strategic crime management. CHANGING POLICE CULTURES: The corporate police organization. The mixed economy of policing. Unions. EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT: Public expectations. Political realities. Conclusion.
