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The Politics of the Police
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.
| 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 P |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 376 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 4 Jun 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
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.
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
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, To
