Police Research

In marked contrast to the decade before, the 1980s saw an enormous growth of sociological research on the police and on policing. Originally published in 1989, the chapters in this book stand as evidence both of the growth of police research in those years and its variety. Contributors were asked to take stock of research in their respective fields and to assess where policing research had got to and how it had arrived there. The resulting contributions range from broad conceptual reviews (chapters 1, 5 and 9) to concentration on specific pieces of empirical work, some of which was being reported for the first time (chapters 7 and 8). Other papers were concerned with the relationship - actual and potential - between research and policy (chapters 2, 3 and 4), yet others on charting and accounting for developments in policing policy and speculating about their likely effects (chapters 10 and 11). Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

Mollie Weatheritt

Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. Preface. Part I: The Context and Politics of Police Research 1. The Politics of Police Research in Britain Robert Reiner 2. Achieving 'Value for Money' From Police Expenditure: The Contribution of Research John Burrows 3. Why Should the Police Use Police Research? Mollie Weatheritt 4. Demand for Policing and Police Performance: Progress and Pitfalls in Public Surveys Mike Hough Part II: Police Culture and Police Organisation 5. Discovering Structure. Studies of the British Police Occupational Culture Simon Holdaway 6. Police Culture and Police Practice Nigel G. Fielding 7. Avoiding Trouble: The Patrol Officer's Perception of Encounters with the Public Clive Norris 8. Managing Paperwork Michael R. Chatterton Part III: Regulating the Police 9. Police Decision-Making Peter K. Manning and Keith Hawkins 10. Regulation and Policing by Code Robert Baldwin 11. Police Accountability: Current Developments and Future Prospects Rod Morgan.