Policing Web

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-974059-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 725 g

Reihe: Studies in Crime and Public Policy

In this comprehensive study, Jean-Paul Brodeur examines the diversity of the policing web. Policing agencies such as criminal investigation units, intelligence services, private security companies, and military policing organizations, are examined in addition to public uniformed police, to show the extent to which policing extends far beyond the confines of public police working in uniform and visible to all. The study also includes a consideration of military
policing both when compatible with the values of democracy and when in opposition. It also examines criminal organizations enforcing their own rules in urban zones deserted by the police and criminal individuals acting as police informants since they too are part of the policing web, even though they do
not qualify as legitimate policing agents or agencies.

The underlying argument of The Policing Web is that the diverse strands of the policing web are united by a common definition that emphasizes the licence granted to policing agencies to use, either legally or with complete impunity, means that are otherwise prohibited as crimes to the rest of the population. This claim is argued for throughout the book and its paradoxical consequences investigated. Although much effort is devoted to presenting a comprehensive model linking all the
components of policing, it is acknowledged that the 'policing web' is by no means a neat and well-integrated structure. Even the belief that it will develop into a tightly coordinated system is in itself questionable. Indeed, the study shows that there is not just one policing web, but several, depending on the
country, police history and culture, and the images of policing which shape the mind of the community. These often overlooked factors are nonetheless essential components of the context of policing and are discussed within an international framework.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of criminal justice, criminology, sociology, and law. Police professionals and police trainers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brodeur, Jean-Paul

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1.: The Police Assemblage
2.: History
3.: Police Images
4.: Elements of a Theory of Policing
5.: Police in Uniform
6.: Police Investigation
7.: High and Low Policing
8.: Private Security
9.: Edges of Policing
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jean-Paul Brodeur is Professor of Criminology and Director of the International Centre for Comparative Criminology at the University of Montreal in Canada.