Governance of the Police in England and Wales, Volume I : Reforms from the Anglo-Saxon Period to 1979 / by Peter Joyce, Wendy Laverick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joyce, Peter.

Series:

Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice, 2946-6083

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology--History.

Criminology.

Corporate governance.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Organized crime.

History of Criminology.

Crime Control and Security.

Corporate Governance.

Crime and Society.

Organized Crime.

Local Subjects:

History of Criminology.

Crime Control and Security.

Corporate Governance.

Crime and Society.

Organized Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of police governance in England and Wales. This volume (I) starts from the Anglo Saxon period onwards. Volume II covers reform and development of tripartite governance from 1979-2025. These volumes analyse the key mechanisms and procedures that have sought to provide for the control and accountability of police organisations to external bodies and the means through which the conduct and work performed by police personnel is regulated internally. They discuss and evaluate the key debates and developments that have underpinned changes to police governance and the social, economic and political context within which these have emerged. They bring together a wide variety of material that relates to historical and contemporary aspects of policing. They draw upon primary (as well as secondary) source material including the use of historical documents for the early chapters. They speak to students taking courses in criminology and criminal justice studies and also those specialising in policing and to practitioners. Peter Joyce is Visiting Professor at Wrexham University, UK. Wendy Laverick is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at The University of Hull, UK.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The ‘Old’ policing system

Chapter 2: Crime disorder and police reform in the eighteenth century

Chapter 3: The reform of policing in the Metropolis, 1798-1863

Chapter 4: The development of professional policing outside the Metropolis,1829-1856

Chapter 5: Police governance1856-1964

Chapter 6: The 1964 Police Act in operation: constabulary independence versus local accountability

Chapter 7: New Public Management, pluralization and police governance, 1983-1997

Chapter 8: Labour’s reforms to police governance 1997-2010 334-395

Chapter 9: Reforms to police governance The Coalition Government 2010-15

Chapter 10: The policing of extremism, terrorism and transnational crime

Chapter 11: The governance of discretion

Chapter 12: Conclusion – future directions for police governance.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-349-96143-4

9781349961436

OCLC:

1572203354