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What Matters in Policing?: Change, Values and Leadership in Turbulent Times
Auke Van Dijk
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Description for What Matters in Policing?: Change, Values and Leadership in Turbulent Times
Paperback. This topical book compares the implications of restructuring in the UK and The Netherlands, also in the USA, regarding police systems, policing paradigms and research knowledge. The authors argue for developing confident leadership and also provide a comprehensive paradigm to chart policing in the future while retaining trust. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Studies of policing tend to focus on effectiveness-on what works-rather than what matters, of why policing should be done in particular ways or reformed or restructured. This book explores that angle, looking at the implications of recent restructurings in the UK, USA and the Netherlands, with a special emphasis on the dilemmas faced by police leadership as they confront change.
Studies of policing tend to focus on effectiveness-on what works-rather than what matters, of why policing should be done in particular ways or reformed or restructured. This book explores that angle, looking at the implications of recent restructurings in the UK, USA and the Netherlands, with a special emphasis on the dilemmas faced by police leadership as they confront change.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447326922
SKU
V9781447326922
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Ref
99-50
About Auke Van Dijk
Auke van Dijk is a strategic policy advisor (Dutch National Police) working on strategy, critical debate and values, organizational development and redesigning police leadership training Frank Hoogewoning is a strategic policy advisor (Dutch National Police) working on anti-social behaviour, order maintenance, vulnerable groups, strategy and redesigning police leadership training Maurice Punch (London School of Economics) has ... Read more
Reviews for What Matters in Policing?: Change, Values and Leadership in Turbulent Times
An insightful and valuable piece that should be an essential preparation for aspiring senior police and a reminder for serving leaders. Policing A persuasive, penetrating and insightful glimpse, through the lens of leadership, into how two influential police systems in countries with very different histories are repositioning themselves within the `rough waters' of security governance. Clifford Shearing, ... Read more