The Politics of the Police - Softcover

Reiner, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198765436 ISBN 13: 9780198765431

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This third edition of the popular and highly acclaimed text, The Politics of the Police, has been updated to take account of recent and profound changes in the law, policy, and organization of policing. It examines the complex and highly-charged debates surrounding this topic, including recent controversies and developments that have shaped public opinion about the police.

About this title

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).

Review:

`"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 this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0198765436
• ISBN 13: 9780198765431
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 296