The policing of Britain is a controversial topic that continues to arouse very diverse passions. At the centre of the debate stand the country's forty-three Chief Constables. Some have achieved celebrity, but little is really known about this powerful elite. Based on his exclusive interviews with the majority of the Chief Constables of England and Wales, Robert Reiner's picture of modern law enforcement reveals their opinions on the selection of the most senior officers, their duties and responsibilities, and their views on the future of the force. This book should be of interest to students of and those interested in sociology, political science, the police and the state of modern Britain.

Chief Constables: Bobbies, Bosses or Bureaucrats?

Politics & Social Sciences

Reiner, Robert

Politics & Government

Oxford University Press

This book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the senior echelons of the police organization. Based on interviews with nearly all the chief constables in England and Wales, it offers a picture of the police world as seen from the top.

Chief Constables: Bobbies, Bosses, or Bureaucrats?

Biographies & Memoirs

Regional U.S.

The Oxford Handbook of Criminology

This major reference text covers the entire spectrum of subjects now referred to collectively as "criminology". From the history of the discipline and its present organization in the UK, the book goes on to deal with topics as diverse as policing, alcohol and crime, juvenile crime, crime statistics, drugs and crime, custodial and non-custodial sentences, prisons, victims and the organization of professional crime. It should be of benefit to all students and teachers of criminology and many professionals working in the criminal system.

Maguire, Mike

Morgan, Rod

Sociology

Oxford Univ. Pr.

This third edition of the popular and highly acclaimed text, The Politics of the Police, has been updated to take account of recent and profound changes in the law, policy, and organization of policing. It examines the complex and highly-charged debates surrounding this topic, including recent controversies and developments that have shaped public opinion about the police.

The Politics of the Police

Social Sciences

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.

Sheptycki, James W.E.

Bowling, Benjamin

The fourth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed Politics of the Police has been completely revised and updated to take into account of recent changes in the law, policy, and organization of policing. From Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry to Life on Mars, Robert Reiner explores the highly-charged debates that surround policing, including the various controversies and developments that have led to a change in the public's opinion of the police in recent years, and analyses the proposals for reform. The book sets out to analyze how the police are perceived and the impact the mass media has on the public's perception and what we can expect in the future, given current research into police working practices and proposals for reform. Online Resource Centre Updates Web links

The most comprehensive and authoritative single volume text on the subject, the fifth edition of the acclaimed Oxford Handbook of Criminology combines masterly reviews of all the key topics with extensive references to aid further research. In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical perspectives, the book provides up-to-date reviews of diverse topics as public views about crime and justice, youth crime and justice and state crime and human rights. The fifth edition has been substantially revised and updated so that it covers topics being taught at undergraduate level as well as encapsulating the latest developments in the academic and practical spheres of criminology. An impressive line-up of contributors, experts in their respective fields, means the Oxford Handbook of Criminology will continue to be an essential purchase for all students and teachers of criminology and an indispensable resource for professionals. Online Resource Centre * Selected chapters from previous editions * Details about the contributors * Guidance on answering essay questions * Essay questions * Selected further reading * Weblinks * Figures and tables from the text

A look at the history and socio-political milieu of policing in Britain, which synthesizes the growing literature on the subject. Reflecting changes since the first edition (1985), the current volume is updated, and the conclusions are revised: Reiner suggests that while diminished party polarization on policing has taken some heat off the police, continued unemployment, poverty, social conflict and the crime these beget remain serious blocks to needed organizational and cultural reforms. Includes a hefty (38 p.) bibliography. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The politics of the police

History

Europe

St.Martin's Press

This book provides an accessible introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory. It sets out a course of study that offers a highly effective series of introductions into a wide variety of theories and theoretical perspectives, from traditional approaches such as Natural Law to modern ones such as Feminist Theory, Economic Analysis of Law and Foucault and Law.

Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory: Commentary and Materials

Jackson, Emily

Lacey, Nicola

Collins, Hugh

Barron, Anne

Ross, Hamish

Teubner, Gunther

Legal Theory & Systems

This 1978 book addresses the way in which police unions had become increasingly militant and formed a significant political force, demanding better pay and conditions and a say in social and penal policy. In this study, Robert Reiner considers the development of British police unionization, and the views of the police themselves towards unionism. Dr Reiner is able to relate these two issues to one another particularly insightfully as a result of his interviews with a sample of policemen in a large city force, which illustrate the policeman's world-view. The central contention of the book is that the police occupy a contradictory position in class structure. Economically they are employees who form unions to advance their interests like other workers, but their political role of preserving the social order imposes special inhibitions on the character of their unionism, and can alienate them from other trade unionists.

The Blue-Coated Worker: A Sociological Study of Police Unionism (Cambridge Studies in Sociology, Series Number 10)

Business & Money

Economics

Cambridge University Press

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Chief Constables: Bobbies, Bosses or Bureaucrats?

Chief Constables: Bobbies, Bosses, or Bureaucrats?

The Oxford Handbook of Criminology

The Politics of the Police

The Politics of the Police

The Politics of the Police

The Oxford Handbook of Criminology

The politics of the police

Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory: Commentary and Materials

The Blue-Coated Worker: A Sociological Study of Police Unionism (Cambridge Studies in Sociology, Series Number 10)