Police and Crime Commissioners : The Transformation of Police Accountability /

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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 stra...

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Autores principales: Caless, Jane (Autor), Owens, Jane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Police administration.
Police.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Police administration > Great Britain.
Police > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Summary
  • 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
  • Summary
  • 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
  • Summary
  • 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.
  • "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
  • Summary
  • General summary
  • A final word
  • Bibliography
  • Interview questionnaires
  • Confidential questionnaire: police and crime commissioner
  • Confidential questionnaire: chief police officers
  • Index.

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