Benjamin Bowling (Professor of Criminology & Prof Criminal Justice, Robert Reiner (Emeritus Professo Emeritus Professor of Criminology, James W E Sheptycki (Professor of Crimino Professor of Criminology

The Politics of the Police

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Produktbeschreibung

The Politics of the Police offers a geographical and historical overview of the law and politics of the police. This fifth edition covers a wider range of empirical and theoretical issues, encompassing a transnational scope and reflecting the growing diversity of policing forms in today's globalized world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 5 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 169mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 690g
• ISBN-13: 9780198769255
• ISBN-10: 0198769253
• Artikelnr.: 55393665

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Bowling, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Kings College London, Robert Reiner, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, James W E Sheptycki, Professor of Criminology, York University, Toronto, Canada

Inhaltsangabe

* PART I: Policing: Theory and Research
* 1: Watching the watchers: theory and research in policing studies
* 2: Theories and models of police and policing
* PART II: History
* 3: Out of the blue: the establishment and diffusion of the modern
police from the French Revolution to the 20th century
* 4: Learning the blues: the establishment and legitimation of
professional policing in Britain 1829-2018
* PART III: Social Research on Contemporary Policing Practice and
Imagery
* 5: The police role, function and effects
* 6: A fair cop? Policing and social justice
* 7: Below, beyond and above the police: pluralisation of policing
* 8: Cop cultures
* 9: The politics of global policing
* 10: Mass media technology and police cultural imaginaries
* PART IV: Law and Politics
* 11: Police powers and accountability
* Conclusion: Histories of the future