Policing and Public Management : Governance, Vices and Virtues.
Policing and Public Management takes a new perspective on the challenges and problems facing the governance of police forces across the UK and the developed world. Complementing existing texts in criminology and police studies, Morrell and Bradforddraw on ideas from the neighbouring fields of public...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Governance; Governance and order; How do we define "governance"?; Governance modes; The how of governance; The why of governance
- the public good; Governance
- a virtue ethics perspective; Illustrations; Illustration; Conclusion; 2. The public good; The public good; Policing and the public good; The utopia problem; Perspective one: institutional virtues; Perspective two: individual virtues; Perspective three: the police are the public, the public are the police.
- The measurement problemConclusion; 3. Legitimacy; Police legitimacy; What is legitimacy?; A two component model of legitimacy; A word on trust and legitimacy; The role of fairness; Complications to the two component model of legitimacy; The motivating power of legitimacy; Policing and the "good citizen"; Conclusion; 4. Identity; Police legitimacy; Controlling the police; Police power; Extrinsic motivations; Intrinsic motivations; Identity and change in policing; Conclusion; 5. Work; Why "policing as work and management"?; Why middle managers?; Police work and character.
- Being something (characteristics) or becoming someone (a character)?Police reform; Case study; A range of reactions to change; Structure; Cuts; Civilianization; Conclusion; 6. Training; Training and virtue; The good life; Virtues in context; Habits in public order training; Giving an account of actions; Remaining individually responsible; Recognizing the role of emotion; The importance of practice; Conclusion; Note; 7. Disorder; Impossible jobs; Policing "riots"; The August riots; The client base; Conflict among stakeholders; Agency myth; Confidence in professional authority; Implications.
- Impossible jobs and impossible tasksImpossible jobs and street-level bureaucrats; The client base can be volatile; Conclusion; 8. Evidence; Evidence-based policing; What is "evidence-based" policing?; Under the bonnet of the "evidence-based" approach; "What works"; Implications; Virtue and stories: a research agenda; Conclusion; References; Index.