Police community support officers in England: a dramaturgical analysis

Police community support officers (PCSOs) have become an integral part of neighbourhood policing teams (NPTs) in England and Wales since the national roll-out of neighbourhood policing in 2008. Most research on PCSOs examines their outward-facing role, such as in the extent to which these police sta...

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Main Author: O'Neill, Megan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Policing and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-39
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