Presents a profoundly original piece of research exploring how the public view the exercise of police powers, utilising short video-clips of real-life police incidents and then capturing the resulting discussions from a variety of partcicpants, rather than relying on the usual opinion surveys gauging approval or satisfaction.
Presents a profoundly original piece of research exploring how the public view the exercise of police powers, utilising short video-clips of real-life police incidents and then capturing the resulting discussions from a variety of partcicpants, rather than relying on the usual opinion surveys gauging approval or satisfaction.
P A J Waddington is Professor of Social Policy and Honorary Director of the Central Institute for the Study of Public Protection at the University of Wolverhampton. He has over 30 years of academic research and is the initiator of the BSc(Hons) Policing degree. He began his working life as a police officer in Birmingham, before embarking on an academic career where he continued his interest in policing and has been a prominent author of nine books and numerous articles. This latest book is based on research commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council. Martin Wright, is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Canterbury Centre for Policing Research. He is a retired police officer and previously worked at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the Managing Editor of the journal, 'Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice' published by Oxford University Press. Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining LSE, he was Director of the Public Policy Research Unit at Goldsmiths College from 1997, having previously worked at the Policy Studies Institute, the National Institute for Social Work, the Home Office and Leicester University. He is the author or editor of over 30 books, including Private Security and Public Policing with Trevor Jones (Oxford University press, 1998). Dr Kate Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Wolverhampton. She teaches in the areas of introductory criminology and sex work - one of her specialist research areas - and, together with Professor Kate Moss and Pram Singh, she is involved with an EU funded study into women rough sleepers who suffer violence. She is also currently the Executive Secretary of the British Society of Criminology.
Inhaltsangabe
1: The Public and the Police 2: Studying Public Attitudes to Police Behaviour 3: Consensus and Contention in Public Attitudes 4: Acting on Suspicion 5: Force 6: The Culture of the Public and the Police 7: Professional Policing 8: Summary and Conclusion
1: The Public and the Police 2: Studying Public Attitudes to Police Behaviour 3: Consensus and Contention in Public Attitudes 4: Acting on Suspicion 5: Force 6: The Culture of the Public and the Police 7: Professional Policing 8: Summary and Conclusion
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