Police crime commissioners : twelve months on / guest editor Peter Joyce.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joyce, Peter, editor.

Series:

Safer Communities: Volume 13, Issue 1

Safer Communities : A journal of practice, opinion, policy and research, 1757-8043 ; Volume 13, Number 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal investigation--England.

Criminal investigation.

Police--England.

Police.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 p.)

Place of Publication:

[West Yorkshire, England] : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The belief that there was a disconnection between police forces and the communities they served and that this was responsible for eroding public trust and confidence in the police service underpinned the government's decision to institute a fundamental change to the governance of policing. Accordingly, the 2011 Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act replaced police authorities with one directly-elected police and crime commissioner. This reform applied to all police forces in England and Wales with the exception of the two forces that operate in London (the Metropolitan Police Service and

Contents:

Cover; Guest editorial; The path to Police and Crime Commissioners; PCCs, neo-liberal hegemony and democratic policing; Scrutinising the role of the Police and Crime Panel in the new era of police governance in England and Wales; Who is policing the Police and Crime Commissioners?; Police and crime commissioners: the first twelve months; 2013 Awards for Excellence

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 27, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78350-736-5