The Politics of Police Governance

Scottish Police Reform, Localism, and Epistocracy
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6607-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Making a unique contribution to the scholarship on democratic policing, this book adapts the concept of epistocracy to explore the role of knowledge and expertise in police governance and accountability.

A rigorous empirical analysis of the Scottish police governance arrangements following reform in 2013 is complemented with examples from other liberal democracies, situating the Scottish context in wider debates on democratic policing, localism, and the operational independence doctrine. The book provides a framework for knowledge-based working practices, showing how principles of democratic policing, such as equity and responsiveness, may be achieved in practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malik, Ali

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Chapter 2 – Developments in Police Governance: From Democracy to Epistocracy

Chapter 3 – Scottish Police Reform and Localism

Chapter 4 – Paradoxes and Dilemmas: Operational Independence and Internal Governance

Chapter 5 – Institutionalising Epistocracy

Chapter 6 – Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ali Malik is Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the University of Leeds. He has previously led the policing degree apprenticeship programme at Northumbria University and served as Associate Inspector for HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland.