Policing: An introduction
Rob Mawby(Author)
Willan Publishing
Published on 1. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-84392-348-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to provide students of policing, criminology and criminal justice (as well as police practitioners) with a basic but comprehensive introduction to policing in the UK. It is intended to be a policing primer, containing information and discussion and providing pointers to more sophisticated, specialist and theoretical texts.
The aim of the book is to address and answer the following types of question: What is policing? What are its origins? How has it developed? How is policing structured in the UK? How does this differ from other jurisdictions? What approaches are used to deliver policing on the ground? What are the main issues facing policing in the UK and how is policing policy and practice responding to these? What is the trajectory of policing? The book will answer these questions in an accessible style.
It will be essential reading for undergraduate criminology and policing students, for students taking foundation degrees in conjunction with police forces, and for practitioners already working in the police. This book:
sets out clear definitions of policing and traces the development of policing in the UK;
explains the structure and organisation of policing in the UK;
provides commentary on current policing strategies;
contains informed discussions of contemporary policing issues; and
provides guidance for further reading and pointers to information sources, e.g. websites and agencies.
The aim of the book is to address and answer the following types of question: What is policing? What are its origins? How has it developed? How is policing structured in the UK? How does this differ from other jurisdictions? What approaches are used to deliver policing on the ground? What are the main issues facing policing in the UK and how is policing policy and practice responding to these? What is the trajectory of policing? The book will answer these questions in an accessible style.
It will be essential reading for undergraduate criminology and policing students, for students taking foundation degrees in conjunction with police forces, and for practitioners already working in the police. This book:
sets out clear definitions of policing and traces the development of policing in the UK;
explains the structure and organisation of policing in the UK;
provides commentary on current policing strategies;
contains informed discussions of contemporary policing issues; and
provides guidance for further reading and pointers to information sources, e.g. websites and agencies.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cullompton
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84392-348-0 (9781843923480)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Rob Mawby is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester.
Content
1 Introduction: What is policing and who polices?, 2 The History and development of policing in the UK, 3 The structure and organisation of policing in the UK, 4 The police role: what do the police do?, 5 Strategies and styles of policing: community policing, problem oriented policing et al, 6 Comparing 'British' policing, 7 Contemporary policing issues 1: Persistent themes, 8 Contemporary policing issues 2: Prominent challenges, 9 The trajectory of policing.