Summary
Contents
Subject index
This lively and accessible text provides an introduction to the history of crime and crime control. It explains the historical background that is essential for an understanding of contemporary criminal justice and examines the historical context for contemporary criminological debates. For each topic, the book provides an overview of current research, comment on current arguments, and links to wider debates.
Police Governance – Enforcement, Discretion, Professionalism and Accountability
Police Governance – Enforcement, Discretion, Professionalism and Accountability
Police governance – enforcement, discretion, professionalism and accountability
Chapter Contents
- Local Control or Central Authority – Modern Debates 54
- The History of Policing and Local Government 56
- The Practice of Policing 58
- Towns and Cities 59
- Counties 60
- The London Metropolitan Force 62
- Professionalism and Centralization 63
- The Impact of the First World War 64
- The Decline of Local Autonomy 66
- Continuity in the Discussion of Police Organization 69
Overview
- Provides an examination of how local control was exerted over the police between 1800 and 1914, and how different systems developed in London, the counties, and the towns and cities of England.
- Reveals the pressures for centralization after the First World War. It describes the development of a national officer class and the increasing ...
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