Policing: Conceptualisations and Practices of Security

by Shearing Cliffo, Michael Kempa, Clifford Shearing, et al.

Book Overview

Policing draws upon a review of recent literature and ongoing research pertaining to innovations in policing, particularly in North America, the United Kingdom, Southern Africa, South America and Australia. It explores conceptions, institutions and technologies for policing in the Anglo-American world since the early twentieth century. Policing is a social invention that is undergoing enormous challenges and changes. The authors trace these changes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415408423
• ISBN13: 9780415408424
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Dimensions: 5.1" x 7.8"