Police street powers and criminal justice: regulation and discretion in a time of change

"Police Street Powers and Criminal Justice analyses the utilisation, regulation and legitimacy of police powers. Drawing upon six-years of ethnographic research in two police forces in England, this book uncovers the importance of time and place, supervision and monitoring, local policies and l...

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Authors: Pearson, Geoffrey 1943-2013 (Author) ; Rowe, Michael (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford London New York New Delhi Sydney Hart 2020
In:Year: 2020
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Summary:"Police Street Powers and Criminal Justice analyses the utilisation, regulation and legitimacy of police powers. Drawing upon six-years of ethnographic research in two police forces in England, this book uncovers the importance of time and place, supervision and monitoring, local policies and law. Covering a period when the police were under intense scrutiny and subject to austerity measures, the authors contend that the concept of police culture does not help us understand police discretion. They argue that change is a dominant feature of policing and identify fragmented responses to law and policy reform, varying between police stations, across different policing roles, and between senior and frontline ranks"--
Physical Description:xvi, 226 Seiten
ISBN:9781509925377
9781509944095