Policing After the Act
Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn
'A study of high quality which is carefully and clearly developed. It provides sound empirical evidence much needed for a thorough assessment of the impact of the PCMA, in an area to date dominated by speculation and anticipation... it most certainly is overall an invaluable contribution to the police studies literature'Professor Steven Savage, Institute of Police and Criminological Studies, University of Portsmouth
The controversial Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 made significant changes to both the composition and the powers of police authorities in England and Wales. It substantially reduced the size of police authorities and the numbers of elected councillors on them, adding new, 'independent' members for the first time, and requiring local police authorities to produce policing plans for their areas.
Policing After the Act is the first major study of the new police authorities created as a result of this important legislation. The research is based on interviews with all the interest groups involved - government ministers, civil servants, senior police officers and local government representatives - together with a detailed survey of all police authorities and in-depth studies in three representative police force areas.
As the only comprehensive analysis available of the new system of policy accountability, this will be of great interest to policy-makers, police officers, police authority members and officials, and will be required reading for all students of policing and criminology.
Contents:
£14.95 paperback ISBN 0 85374 704 0
- A Brief History of Police Accountability
- The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act
- The Make-Up of Police Authorities
- The Operation of the New Police Authorities
- Local Consultation
- The Impact of Policing Plans
- The Tripartite Structure in the 1990s
- Conclusion
September 1997 224 pages 234 x 153mm
Report number 830