The Politics of the Police - Softcover

Reiner, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745000924 ISBN 13: 9780745000923

Publisher: Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1985

Synopsis

A look at the history and socio-political milieu of policing in Britain, which synthesizes the growing literature on the subject. Reflecting changes since the first edition (1985), the current volume is updated, and the conclusions are revised: Reiner suggests that while diminished party polarization on policing has taken some heat off the police, continued unemployment, poverty, social conflict and the crime these beget remain serious blocks to needed organizational and cultural reforms. Includes a hefty (38 p.) bibliography. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Review:

Review from previous edition "The publication of the third edition marks an important rearticulation of the constabulary ethic and the doctrine of policing... the new encyclopaedists who follow in Reiner's wake will struggle to define the politics of policing for their time (James Sheptycki, Durham University in Policing and Society)

This is a first class academic book that can be as engrossing as a novel, even for a non-expert on the subject. It will be of use to anyone who comes into contact with the police regularly and aid the understanding of anyone who has an opinion on any aspect of the police or policing. (The Criminal Lawyer)

About the Author:

Robert Reiner is Professor of Criminology in the Law Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author or editor of several successful texts on criminology and the police, including The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (2/e 1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0745000924
• ISBN 13: 9780745000923
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272