
Policing Contingencies
Peter K. Manning(Author)
University of Chicago Press
2nd Edition
Published on 15. July 2003
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-226-50351-6 (ISBN)
Description
Despite constant calls for reform, policing in the United States and Britain has changed little over the past 30 years. In "Policing Contingencies", Peter K. Manning draws on decades of fieldwork to investigate how law enforcement works on the ground and in the symbolic realm and why most efforts to reform the way police work have failed so far. Manning begins by developing a model of policing as drama - a way of communicating various messages to the public in an effort to enforce moral boundaries. Unexpected outcomes, or contingencies, continually rewrite the plot of this drama, requiring officers to adjust accordingly. New information technologies, media scrutiny and representations, and community policing also play important roles, and Manning studies these influences in detail. He concludes that their impact has been quite limited, because the basic structure of policing - officer assessments based on encounters during routine patrols - has remained unchanged. For policing to really change, Manning argues, its focus will need to shift to prevention.
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Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 table
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-50351-6 (9780226503516)
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