Introducing Policework

Mike Brogden, Tony Jefferson, Sandra Walklate

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English

Routledge
31 March 2023

Society & culture: general; Police & security services; Crime & criminology; Legal history; Criminal justice law

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Police and Policing

Originally published in1988, Introducing Policework offered a new and concise overview of the controversial subject of policework at the time. The authors provide critical evaluations of the contributions made by psychologists, social psychologists, historians, sociologists, and political scientists, and an assessment of how these fit within an overall understanding of policework.

Among the issues considered are: the process of socialization that lead to a ‘cop culture’; the historical evolution of police working practices and their current impact upon the social divisions of age, gender, race and class; problems with the present system of accountability; the prospects for success of recent (post-Scarman) initiatives, such as community consultation.

The achievement of this book is that it provides lively and consistent discussion of key issues in the consideration of policework: race and crime, the question of gender, victimization and the ‘new realism’, police monitoring, Neighbourhood Watch, and police training initiatives. Today it will provide an interesting look back at a critical evaluation of policework in the 1980s.

By: Mike Brogden, Tony Jefferson, Sandra Walklate
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032415833
ISBN 10: 1032415835
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Police and Policing
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 31 March 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Psychology: Attitudes, Skills and Management 3. Microsociology: Policework as Concerted Action 4. Policework Histories (i) From the Anglo-Saxons to the Consolidation of the ‘New Police’ 5. Policework Histories (ii) The Twentieth Century 6. Policing Social Divisions: Age, Gender, Race and Class 7. Police Accountability: the Vexed Question of Control 8. After Scarman: Monitoring, Effectiveness and Public Justice 9. Conclusion. References. Index.

Mike Brogden, Tony Jefferson and Sandra Walklate