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Policing in an age of austerity.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellison, Graham.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime prevention--Great Britain.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain--Costs.
- Downsizing of organizations--Great Britain.
- Police--Great Britain.
- Police--Great Britain--Costs.
- Public safety--Great Britain.
- Police--Costs--Great Britain.
- Police.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Downsizing of organizations.
- Public safety.
- Crime prevention.
- Great Britain.
- Local Subjects:
- Crime prevention--Great Britain.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain--Costs.
- Downsizing of organizations--Great Britain.
- Police--Great Britain.
- Police--Great Britain--Costs.
- Public safety--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Policing in an Age of Austerity uniquely examines the effects on one key public service: the state police of England and Wales. Focusing on the major cut-backs in its resources, both in material and in labour, it details the extent and effects of that drastic reduction in provision together with related matters in Scotland and Northern Ireland. This book also investigates the knock-on effect on other public agencies of diminished police contribution to public well-being. The book argues that such a dramatic reduction in police services has occurred in an almost totall
- Contents:
- Policing in an Age of Austerity A postcolonial perspective; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: turning over the pebble; 2 The state of the police of the state; 3 Smoke and mirrors: the cuts in policing and the technological fix; 4 Commodifying state policing: the export of the 'UK Police plc' brand; 5 Policing the Other through law; 6 Policing the Other: continuity of practice from St Giles to Dale Farm; Epilogue: treading the thin blue line; Endnote; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-60561-9
- 9786613918062
- 1-136-25437-4
- 0-203-10560-5
- 9780203105603
- OCLC:
- 811506169
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