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Police and crime commissioners : the transformation of police accountability / Bryn Caless and Jane Owens.
Van Pelt Library HV8196.A3 C35 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caless, Bryn, author.
- Owens, Jane, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police and Crime Commissioners' Association (England and Wales).
- Police administration--England.
- Police administration.
- Police administration--Wales.
- Wales.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 247 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. Intended to bring a public voice to policing and hold the police to account, the holders of this controversial role also control budgets and strategic planning. Bryn Caless and Jane Owens obtained unprecedented access to the PCCs and their chief police officer teams and undertook confidential interviews with both sides. The results reveal the innermost workings of the PCCs' relationships with the police, media, partners and public. The authors analyse the election process (in which PCCs polled the lowest local mandate ever) and consider the future of this politically-contested role. Examining the PCCs' impact on policing, this fascinating book makes essential reading for Police Crime Commissioners, chief officers, police officers, police trainers and academics, students and researchers in criminology and policing. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Governance: the Police and Crime Commissioner and police accountability in context 11
- 2 The psephology of the November 2012 election: motive, means and opportunity 37
- 3 Is the law on my side? Relationships between the PCC and the chief police officer team 65
- 4 Partners, colleagues or rivals for oversight? The (PCC) art of making friends and influencing people 95
- 5 "Putting yourself about": PCCs, the media and the public 125
- 6 The debate with no end: PCCs' remit and the problems of policing 153
- 7 "I wonder if the game is worth the candle": PCCs, their 'work-life balance' and their future 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447320708
- 1447320700
- 9781447320692
- 1447320697
- OCLC:
- 951476774
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