Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 268 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1283321319
,
1447300173
,
9781447300168
,
9781447300151
,
9781283321310
,
9781447300175
Inhalt:
Chief police officers make far-reaching strategic command decisions about policing, armed responses, operations against criminals and allocation of resources yet they are often unknown even to their forces. In this social study, Bryn Caless presents their frank and sometimes controversial views
Inhalt:
Introduction: The notion of the 'top cop' -- Cloning or culture? The selection and appointment of chief officers -- 'The golden finger': getting and keeping the top jobs -- The challenge of leadership in the police -- Oversight and chief officers' relationships with police authorities, directly elected police crime commissioners, HMIC and the Home Office -- On the nature of experience and exclusivity: the police 'closed shop'
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Caless, Bryn Policing at the top Bristol, UK ; Potland, OR : Policy Press 2011
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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