The Politics of the Police. ISBN 9780198769255 from Practitioner Books

The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and organization of policing. Benjamin Bowling, Robert Reiner, and James Sheptycki, regarded as leading figures in the field, draw upon the findings of police research to provide readers with a stimulating and insightful discussion of the debates and controversies that surround the police, and analyse the proposals for reform. Covering a wide range of empirical and theoretical issues, this book is transnational in scope and reflects the growing diversity of policing forms in today's globalized world.

PART I: Policing: Theory and Research 1: Watching the watchers: theory and research in policing studies 2: Theories and models of police and policingPART 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 1829-2018PART 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 imaginariesPART IV: Law and Politics 11: Police powers and accountability Conclusion: Histories of the future

Author(s)	By Benjamin Bowling (Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Kings College London), Robert Reiner (Emeritus Professor of Criminology, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, The London School of Economics and Political Science), James W E Sheptycki (Professor of Criminology, Professor of Criminology, York University, Toronto, Canada).
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN	9780198769255
Format	Paperback / softback
Pages	376
Published in	United Kingdom
Published	4 Jun 2019
Availability	Available

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