Policing : An introduction to concepts and practice

Alan Wright

ISBN 10: 1903240174 / ISBN 13: 9781903240175

Verlag: Willan, 2001

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book provides a highly readable introduction to the role and function of the police and policing, examining the issues and debates that surround this. It looks at the 'core functions' of the police, the ways in which police functions have developed, their key characteristics, and the challenges they face. From the outset questions are asked about the conceptual contestability and ambiguity of policing, and different views of police roles are addressed in turn: policing as social control, crime investigation, managing risk, policing as community justice, and as a public good.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781903240175

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Policing : An introduction to concepts and practice
• Verlag: Willan
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1903240174
• ISBN-13: 9781903240175
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

This book provides a highly readable introduction to the role and function of the police and policing, examining the issues and debates that surround this. It looks at the 'core functions' of the police, the ways in which police functions have developed, their key characteristics, and the challenges they face. From the outset questions are asked about the conceptual contestability and ambiguity of policing, and different views of police roles are addressed in turn: policing as social control, crime investigation, managing risk, policing as community justice, and as a public good.

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Alan Wright

was formerly a police officer with the Metropolitan Police. He later lectured at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University.