Police and Crime Commissioners The Transformation of Police Accountability / Jane Caless and Jane Owens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caless, Jane, author.

Owens, Jane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police administration.

Police.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

"They and I and the public want the same things" (Interviewee 66), or how the PCC and the police have begun to align

Police and Crime Panels: "the old police authority all over again, but without purpose or point" (Interviewee 51)

Summary

7. "I wonder if the game is worth the candle": PCCs, their 'work-life balance' and their future

'Work-life balance'

"Some sort of role in the wider criminal justice system seems to beckon" (Interviewee 74)

Other futures, other roles

Standing room only

General summary

A final word

Bibliography

Interview questionnaires

Confidential questionnaire: police and crime commissioner

Confidential questionnaire: chief police officers

Index.

POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONERS

Contents

List of tables and figures

Tables

Figures

Glossary of terms

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Organisation of our findings

A note on the research methodology

Data collection

Data-gathering and interviewing

Interviewing

Confidentiality

The value of this research

1. Governance: the Police and Crime Commissioner and police accountability in context

Governance and accountability

The wider context

'Vox pop'

"There was something not quite right in policing"

2. The psephology of the November 2012 election: motive, means and opportunity

The election: obstacles and hurdles

Party invitations

The Police and Crime Commissioners: a question of one's standing

3. Is the law on my side? Relationships between the PCC and the chief police officer team

'Paradise Lost' or the 'New Jerusalem'? The demise of the Police Authority and the rise of the PCC

"Some kind of magic PCC bullet": the ebb and flow of views

On police leadership and direct entry

4. Partners, colleagues or rivals for oversight? The (PCC) art of making friends and influencing people

Control, partnership and influence: PCCs, the Home Secretary and political colour

Collaborative working: PCCs and other national agencies

Other partnerships, other stakeholders

'Sweating the small stuff': working with local partners

5. "Putting yourself about": PCCs, the media and the public

The media

Reach and range

The PCC and the public: wooing the reluctant lover?

The chief police officer view of PCCs as communicators

6. The debate with no end: PCCs' remit and the problems of policing

Money matters

Considering the PCC remit.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781447320715

1447320719

9781447320722

1447320727

OCLC:

945445154