Leading policing in Europe : an empirical study of strategic police leadership / Bryn Caless and Steve Tong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caless, Bryn, author.

Tong, Stephen, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police administration--European Union countries.

Police administration.

Police chiefs--European Union countries.

Police chiefs.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xiv, 281 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.

Summary:

Little is known about those at the command end of policing in Europe. Over the last two years, Bryn Caless and Steve Tong have had unique access to those at the top of Europe's police forces, obtaining detailed comments from more than one hundred strategic police leaders in 22 countries and presenting, for the first time, information about how they are selected for high office, how they are held to account and what their views are on current and future challenges in policing. Building on research conducted in the UK, this is timely and unparalleled insight into a little-known elite in the law-enforcement world. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 European policing in context 27

2 Getting to the top: the selection and appointment of strategic police leaders in Europe 57

3 Accountability 91

4 Relationships and influences 117

5 The preference for cooperative bilateralism among European strategic police leaders 143

6 The challenges facing European policing today 165

7 The future of policing 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-273) and index.

ISBN:

9781447315728

1447315723

OCLC:

907186349