New Policing

"The New Policing" provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical issues confronting policing today. It incorporates an overview of traditional approaches to the study of the police with a discussion of current perspectives. The book goes on to examine key themes, including: the core purpose of contemporary policework; the reconfiguration of police culture; organisational issues and dilemmas currently confronting the police; the managerial reforms and professional; innovations that have been implemented in recent years; and the future of policing, security and crime control.