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Additional Physical Format: | Print version : |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bryn Caless; Jane Owens |
ISBN: | 9781447320715 1447320719 9781447320692 1447320697 9781447320708 1447320700 9781447320739 1447320735 9781447320746 1447320743 9781447320722 1447320727 |
OCLC Number: | 971041835 |
Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2016. |
Target Audience: | Specialized. |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
Contents: | Governance: the Police & Crime Commissioner and police accountability in context;The psephology of the November 2012 election: motive, means and opportunity;Is the law on my side?: relationships between the PCC and the chief police officer team;Partners, Colleagues, or rivals for oversight? The (PCC) art of making friends and influencing people;'Putting yourself about': PCCs, the media and the public;The debate with no end: PCCs' remit and the problems of policing;'I wonder if the game is worth the candle': PCCs, their `work-life balance' and their future. |
Responsibility: | Bryn Caless and Jane Owens. |
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"Caless and Owens provide a depth of narrative that is rich and reminiscent" - Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books "This book is the most extensive and in-depth empirical study of Police and Crime Commissioners conducted to date. It provides fascinating insight into how these new constitutional actors are flexibly interpreting and discretely adapting to their responsibilities for governing the police." Stuart Lister, University of Leeds "Caless and Owens are to be congratulated on this rich and incisive analysis of Police and Crime Commissioners - a ground-breaking account of great value to scholars of policing and governance alike." Michael Rowe, Northumbria University "This fascinating account gives a unique insight into what Commissioners and their Chief Constables were thinking, and what went on behind closed doors, in those early months of PCCs." Nick Alston, PCC for Essex & Chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners Read more...

