Looking at Policing: Commentary (From Crime and Criminal Policy in Europe: Proceedings of a European Colloquium, P 37-41, 1989, Roger Hood, ed. -- See NCJ-128022)

• NCJ Number: 128025
• Author(s): H Klettle
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 5 pages
• Sale Source: Centre for Criminological Research
• Publication Type: Report (Technical)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

This commentary discusses a paper by Shapland and Hobbs on past and future research on police work in England and emphasizes the perspectives of Norway and Sweden on police research.

Abstract

Shapland and Hobbs divided police studies into sociological, managerial, and legal and historical categories and listed public perspectives, effectiveness and efficiency, public order policing, interagency cooperation, and policing priorities as subjects on which future research should focus. In Norway, a parliamentary committee listed the 10 basic principles on which police work should be based and defined 9 crucial characteristics of local police forces. The 1984-86 Swedish police reforms emphasized decentralization, democratization, and delegation; recent research and evaluation are focusing on developing more democratic policing in Sweden. Community policing is also a major focus on discussions of police. 6 references