Policing futures : the police, law enforcement, and the twenty-first century

This innovative book offers a comprehensive assessment of policing in late modern Britain. The overall theme is that as we approach the end of the twentieth century, it is an appropriate time to review recent developments in policing and law enforcement and to consider future prospects.The areas covered include equal opportunities and public policework; perspectives on and politics of police policy making; the emergence and consequences of managerialism and privatisation; legitimacy, policing and human rights; crime control and surveillance in Northern Ireland; crime rates, victimisation and the provision of service; risk, late modernity and 'community policing'; regulating virtual communities and policing cybercrime; and the insights to be gained from comparative analysis. Thought-provoking and incisive, Policing Futures is an invaluable source of information, and will be essential reading for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners in the fields of police studies, criminology, socio-legal studies, law, sociology, social policy, social work and related disciplines. This innovative book offers a comprehensive assessment of policing in late modern Britain. The overall theme is that as we approach the end of the twentieth century, it is an appropriate time to review recent developments in policing and law enforcement and to consider future prospects. The areas covered include equal opportunities and public policework; perspectives on and politics of police policy making; the emergence and consequences of managerialism and privatisation; legitimacy, policing and human rights; crime control and surveillance in Northern Ireland; crime rates, victimisation and the provision of service; risk, late modernity and 'community policing'; regulating virtual communities and policing cybercrime; and the insights to be gained from comparative analysis. Thought-provoking and incisive, Policing Futures is an invaluable source of information, and will be essential reading for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners in the fields of police studies, criminology, socio-legal studies, law, sociology, social policy, social work and related disciplines Front Matter....Pages i-x New Millennium ‘Blues’? Policing Past and Policing Futures....Pages 1-19 Equal Opportunities and the Police in England and Wales: Past, Present and Future Possibilities....Pages 20-50 Two Futures for Police Cautioning....Pages 51-79 The Future Lasts a Long Time: Public Policework and the Managerialist Paradox....Pages 80-103 Control, Crime and ‘End of Century Criminology’....Pages 104-123 Crime, Policing and the Provision of Service....Pages 124-162 Policing Divided Societies: Trends and Prospects in Northern Ireland and Britain....Pages 163-185 Policing Communities of Risk....Pages 186-207 Policing the Virtual Community: The Internet, Cyberspace and Cyber-Crime....Pages 208-236 Back Matter....Pages 237-248 This innovative book offers a comprehensive assessment of policing in late modern Britain. The overall theme of Policing Futures is that as we approach the end of the twentieth century, it is an appropriate time to review recent developments in policing and law enforcement and to consider future prospects. The original and wide-ranging articles in this volume are written by a distinguished panel of academics who provide a unique set of perspectives on the past, present and futures of policing. To a degree, all accept that policing is currently undergoing a eries of transformations as to its structure, organization, form and operation.