1st Edition
Interpreting Policework Policy and Practice in Forms of Beat Policing
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the 1980s there existed wide and often acrimonious disagreement over the purposes and objectives of police organizations, the ways in which their activities were structured, and their relations with the wider society. Interpreting policework requires a rounded conception of policing, based on both a thorough critique of the main theoretical trends in police sociology, and close familiarity... Read more
Foreword and Acknowledgements. Part I: Theories and Methodologies 1. Shaping a Structural Lens Part II: The Unit Beat System 2. Patrol Report 3. Decoding the Message Part III: The Resident Beat System 4. Working the Patch 5. A Pattern Emerges. Conclusions to Parts II and III. Part IV: The Policy System Introduction to Part IV. 6. What Do We Mean by Policy? 7. The System at Work I: Meetings 8. The System at Work II: Policy Files Part V: Conclusions 9. From the Theory to the Politics of Policework. Appendix: Interview Schedules. References. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.
Biography
Roger Grimshaw and Tony Jefferson
