The official history of criminal justice in England and Wales: volume V, policing post-war Britain : plus ça change
Misconduct, scandal and growing scrutiny -- The Royal Commission -- Towards the Police Act -- Conduct and complaints -- The police and Criminal Evidence Act -- Malpractice and another Royal Commission -- Early organisational change -- The rise and fall of unit beat policing -- Community policing --...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
Routledge,
2025
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Edition: | First. |
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| Summary: | Misconduct, scandal and growing scrutiny -- The Royal Commission -- Towards the Police Act -- Conduct and complaints -- The police and Criminal Evidence Act -- Malpractice and another Royal Commission -- Early organisational change -- The rise and fall of unit beat policing -- Community policing -- Crime prevention -- Race, racism and policing -- Women and policing -- The tide turns -- Urban unrest -- Enter Lord Scarman -- The miners' strike -- Rioting returns -- Policing under the spotlight -- A changing political context -- Police finance and efficiency -- The rise of managerialism and consumerism -- Reform attempts gather pace -- The limits of fundamental reform. "This is the fifth and final volume in the Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales. This volume covers the uneven and often irresolute evolution of policing from the late 1940s to the end of the 1990s, concentrating on the impact of a succession of scandals on the reputation and regulation of the police; and the fluctuating relations between central government, local authorities and police forces in shaping the control of police funding, policy and organisation, particularly in response to a growth in the scale and intensity of social protest, and, above all, on the shifting sands of the policing of public order illustrated in the prolonged miners' strike and urban unrest of the 1980s. It is a complement to earlier volumes in the series that focused on the liberalisation of the laws on capital punishment, abortion and homosexual relations between adult men in the 1960s; the founding of the Crown Court in 1971 and the Crown Prosecution Service in 1985; transformations in penal policy, and the politics of law and order. It will be of much interest to students of British political history, criminology and sociology"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781003529965 1003529968 9781040153499 1040153496 9781040153475 104015347X |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781003529965 |
