Policing in an age of austerity [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Ellison Graham
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| Titolo: |
Policing in an age of austerity [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.20941 |
| Soggetto topico: | Crime prevention - Great Britain |
| Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain - Costs | |
| Downsizing of organizations - Great Britain | |
| Police - Great Britain | |
| Police - Great Britain - Costs | |
| Public safety - Great Britain | |
| Police - Costs - Great Britain | |
| Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain | |
| Social Welfare & Social Work | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BrogdenMike
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Policing in an Age of Austerity A postcolonial perspective; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: turning over the pebble; 2 The state of the police of the state; 3 Smoke and mirrors: the cuts in policing and the technological fix; 4 Commodifying state policing: the export of the 'UK Police plc' brand; 5 Policing the Other through law; 6 Policing the Other: continuity of practice from St Giles to Dale Farm; Epilogue: treading the thin blue line; Endnote; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Policing in an Age of Austerity uniquely examines the effects on one key public service: the state police of England and Wales. Focusing on the major cut-backs in its resources, both in material and in labour, it details the extent and effects of that drastic reduction in provision together with related matters in Scotland and Northern Ireland. This book also investigates the knock-on effect on other public agencies of diminished police contribution to public well-being. The book argues that such a dramatic reduction in police services has occurred in an almost totall |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Policing in an age of austerity |
| ISBN: | 1-283-60561-9 |
| 9786613918062 | |
| 1-136-25437-4 | |
| 0-203-10560-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462455703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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