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Item Details
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POLICING CONTINGENCIES
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| By: |
Peter K. Manning |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£39.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226503518 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226503516 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 July, 2003 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. |
| Pages: |
280 |
| Description: |
In this work Peter K. Manning draws on decades of fieldwork to investigate how law enforcement works on the ground. Arguing that the focus of policing needs to shift from contingencies to prevention. |
| Synopsis: |
Despite constant calls for reform, policing in the United States and Britain has changed little over the past 30 years. In "Policing Contingencies", Peter K. Manning draws on decades of fieldwork to investigate how law enforcement works on the ground and in the symbolic realm and why most efforts to reform the way police work have failed so far. Manning begins by developing a model of policing as drama - a way of communicating various messages to the public in an effort to enforce moral boundaries. Unexpected outcomes, or contingencies, continually rewrite the plot of this drama, requiring officers to adjust accordingly. New information technologies, media scrutiny and representations, and community policing also play important roles, and Manning studies these influences in detail. He concludes that their impact has been quite limited, because the basic structure of policing - officer assessments based on encounters during routine patrols - has remained unchanged. For policing to really change, Manning argues, its focus will need to shift to prevention. |
| Illustrations: |
1 table |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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