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Police Street Powers and Criminal Justice: Regulation and Discretion in a Time of Change

Police Street Powers and Criminal Justice: Regulation and Discretion in a Time of Change

Author: Geoff Pearson; Mike Rowe
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509925377

Published In: July 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509944095

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This book examines the outcomes of a five-year ethnographic study of two North of England police forces; the prism through which to revisit the question of the regulation and legitimacy of police powers. Central to this study is the degree to which discretion still plays a central role in the exercise of these powers. It shows how this reliance on discretionary powers is fraught with difficulty. The authors demonstrate that in order to effectively reform the exercise of these powers, the police service should be regarded as having a unique culture, where change and uncertainly are commonplace. It is only by recognising the unusual working practises of policing, can meaningful reform be achieved; making this book required reading for policy makers in the field of criminal justice.

1. Introduction

I. Framing the Debate

II. Focus and Remit of this Book

2. In Search of 'Police Culture': Ethnographic Approaches to Studying the Police

I. Ethnographic Research

II. Fieldwork

III. Data and Analysis

3. Regulation and the Law

I. The Relationship between Policing and the Law

II. The Common Law Regulation of the Police

III. Legislation and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

IV. The Human Rights Act 1998