Police / Public Order Law

The Politics of the Police, 5th Edition

By Reiner Robert
Oxford University Press June 2019

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780198769255
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
June 2019
Format
Paperback , 336 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and organization of policing.

Benjamin Bowling, Robert Reiner, and James Sheptycki, regarded as leading figures in the field, draw upon the findings of police research to provide readers with a stimulating and insightful discussion of the debates and controversies that surround the police, and analyse the proposals for reform.

Covering a wide range of empirical and theoretical issues, this book is transnational in scope and reflects the growing diversity of policing forms in today's globalized world.

Table of Contents

Part I: Theory and research


1: Watching the watchers: theory and research in policing studies


Part II: History


2: The birth of the blues: the establishment of professional policing in Britain 1829-1856


3: Out of the blue: police legitimacy 1856-2009 - construction, deconstruction, reconstruction


Part III: Sociology of policing


4: Cop cultures


5: Demystifying the police: social research and police practice


6: Mystifying the police: the media presentation of policing


Part IV: Law and politics


7: Police powers and accountability


8: Conclusion: beyond Life on Mars: a history of the future


 


 



About the Author

Robert Reiner, Professor of Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science


 


 



Reviews

Review(s) from previous edition

""The publication of the third edition marks an important rearticulation of the constabulary ethic and the doctrine of policing... the new encyclopaedists who follow in Reiner's wake will struggle to define the politics of policing for their time - James Sheptycki, Durham University in Policing and Society

"This is a first class academic book that can be as engrossing as a novel, even for a non-expert on the subject. It will be of use to anyone who comes into contact with the police regularly and aid the understanding of anyone who has an opinion on any aspect of the police or policing." - The Criminal Lawyer

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