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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826803603321

Titolo

Police and government relations : who's calling the shots? / / edited by Margaret E. Beare and Tonita Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4426-5848-7

1-4426-9129-8

0-8020-9423-6

1-4426-8469-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Disciplina

363.20971

Soggetti

Police power - Canada

Police-government relations - Canada

Police - Political aspects - Canada

Police - Political aspects

Police - Political activity - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The overview : four models of police-government relations / Kent Roach. Commentary / R.H. Simmonds -- The oversight of executive-police relations in Canada : 'the constitution, the courts, administrative processes, and democratic governance' / Lorne Sossin. Commentaries / A. Alan Borovoy and W. Wesley Pue -- Police-government relations in the context of state-aboriginal relations / Gordon Christie. Commentary / Toni Williams and Kim Murray -- The idea of the political 'independence' of the police : international interpretations and experiences / Philip Stenning -- Accountability mechanisms : legal sites of executive-police relations -- core principles in a Canadian context / Dianne Martin. Commentary / Susan Eng -- Steeped in politics : the ongoing history of politics in policing / Margaret E. Beare.



Commentary / Tonita Murray.

Sommario/riassunto

"Police and Government Relations: Who's Calling the Shots? examines the broad question of control of the police and our understanding of both the independence and accountability of the police for their actions." "In this collection of essays Margaret E. Beare and Tonita Murray have brought together scholars from law, political science, and criminology to illustrate the diversity of opinion that exists on the topic. While providing theoretical models and concrete examples, the chapters utilize multidisciplinary, comparative, and case-study methodologies to explore how the operating tension between police independence and democratic governance and accountability has played out in Canada and abroad. Together the essays offer a framework for continuing discussion and suggest criteria, options, and tools for both legislators and police for future discussion and implementation."--Jacket