"This topical book achieves a holistic analysis of the shifting parameters of police accountability in the 21st century; it will be required reading for both students and scholars of policing studies." David Baker, University of Liverpool

“This very welcome book from a renowned policing scholar addresses urgent issues of inequality, privatisation, Big Data and AI innovation, which are affecting processes of police governance and accountability in new and complex ways. It is a ‘must-read’.” John McDaniel, University of Wolverhampton

The challenge of holding police to account in a fast-changing world is the subject of this much-needed new study from leading criminology professor Michael Rowe. Tackling important issues including ethics, governance, discipline, transparency and the impact of new technology and Evidence-Based Policing strategies, it sets out a bold new agenda for ensuring democratic and accountable policing in the modern day.
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Evolving modes of delivery and new technologies are changing the way society holds police officers to account. This much-needed new book from criminology professor Michael Rowe, part of the ‘Key Themes in Policing’ series, explores issues of governance, discipline and transparency to set out a new agenda for modern-day accountability.
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Police Accountability in the 21st Century, New Wine, New Bottles?; Principles and Purposes of Accountability; Governance and Politics of Policing; Complaints and Discipline; Science, Evidence and Police Accountability in the Age of Big Data; Internal Management and Leadership; Transparency and the External Gaze; Police Accountability and the Problem of the Public.
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The first book to look at specific practices of police accountability through the lens of Evidence Based Policing.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781447347057
Publisert
2020-02-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter

Biographical note

Michael Rowe is Professor of Criminology at the University of Northumbria. He has an international reputation for his research and publications in the field of policing, particularly in relation to police culture, reforms, diversity, the policing of domestic violence, online victimisation and offender desistance.