Bryn Caless
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781447300168
- eISBN:
- 9781447305507
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300168.003.0006
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
There is debate as to whether outsiders could undertake the role of chief officer successfully and whether or not a National Police Force is feasible. This chapter presents the balance of chief ...
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There is debate as to whether outsiders could undertake the role of chief officer successfully and whether or not a National Police Force is feasible. This chapter presents the balance of chief officer views in a challenging exploration of ‘late modern’ interpretations of the nature of policing.Less
There is debate as to whether outsiders could undertake the role of chief officer successfully and whether or not a National Police Force is feasible. This chapter presents the balance of chief officer views in a challenging exploration of ‘late modern’ interpretations of the nature of policing.
Elke Krahmann
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199228485
- eISBN:
- 9780191711435
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199228485.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This chapter looks at the role of PMCs in security sector reform (SSR) and problems arising from their involvement for transitional states and donor governments, respectively. While the work of PMCs ...
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This chapter looks at the role of PMCs in security sector reform (SSR) and problems arising from their involvement for transitional states and donor governments, respectively. While the work of PMCs in this sector has often been professional and efficient, the comparative disadvantages of PMCs in relation to a state's own armed or police forces lies in their private nature: the latter are in a position to establish military relations and have the authority and legitimacy to implement reform. As a consequence, for a holistic approach to SSR, donor countries should reconsider what role their own uniformed personnel might play.Less
This chapter looks at the role of PMCs in security sector reform (SSR) and problems arising from their involvement for transitional states and donor governments, respectively. While the work of PMCs in this sector has often been professional and efficient, the comparative disadvantages of PMCs in relation to a state's own armed or police forces lies in their private nature: the latter are in a position to establish military relations and have the authority and legitimacy to implement reform. As a consequence, for a holistic approach to SSR, donor countries should reconsider what role their own uniformed personnel might play.
Ian Loader and Aogán Mulcahy
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198299066
- eISBN:
- 9780191685583
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198299066.003.0006
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter examines the meanings and values explicit and implicit in officers' memories of three salient aspects of the job and the police organization: the social status of ‘the police officer’ ...
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This chapter examines the meanings and values explicit and implicit in officers' memories of three salient aspects of the job and the police organization: the social status of ‘the police officer’ and its intersection with what since 1945 has been the periodically quarrelsome question of police pay; the matters considered germane to learning and performing a role that assumes a venerated place at the core of this particular disposition towards English policing-namely, ‘bobbying’; and the-hierarchical, quasi-militaristic-internal authority relations that are recalled as characterizing the English police during the initial decades of the post-war period. The latter part of the chapter considers the ways in which this once seemingly settled assemblage of police practices, beliefs, and sentiments has been disrupted by processes of informalization and diversification. It explores the range of discordant voices that are struggling to determine the composition, internal cultures, and organizational ethos of the English police.Less
This chapter examines the meanings and values explicit and implicit in officers' memories of three salient aspects of the job and the police organization: the social status of ‘the police officer’ and its intersection with what since 1945 has been the periodically quarrelsome question of police pay; the matters considered germane to learning and performing a role that assumes a venerated place at the core of this particular disposition towards English policing-namely, ‘bobbying’; and the-hierarchical, quasi-militaristic-internal authority relations that are recalled as characterizing the English police during the initial decades of the post-war period. The latter part of the chapter considers the ways in which this once seemingly settled assemblage of police practices, beliefs, and sentiments has been disrupted by processes of informalization and diversification. It explores the range of discordant voices that are struggling to determine the composition, internal cultures, and organizational ethos of the English police.
Stefan Petrow
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201656
- eISBN:
- 9780191674976
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201656.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This book studies the Metropolitan Police in the period 1870–1914, the time when it was transformed into a recognizable modern professional police force. The book examines how the Metropolitan ...
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This book studies the Metropolitan Police in the period 1870–1914, the time when it was transformed into a recognizable modern professional police force. The book examines how the Metropolitan Police, under the direction of the Home Office, grew and changed over these years. It explores the ways in which policing methods developed, traces the growth of the police bureaucracy, and assesses the role played by public attitudes, relations with courts, police corruption, and the resistance of those policed. The book then focuses on what moral reformers in organized pressure groups claimed were serious threats to social order in late Victorian and Edwardian London — habitual criminality, prostitution, drunkenness, and betting — and examines the Metropolitan force's policing of these areas.Less
This book studies the Metropolitan Police in the period 1870–1914, the time when it was transformed into a recognizable modern professional police force. The book examines how the Metropolitan Police, under the direction of the Home Office, grew and changed over these years. It explores the ways in which policing methods developed, traces the growth of the police bureaucracy, and assesses the role played by public attitudes, relations with courts, police corruption, and the resistance of those policed. The book then focuses on what moral reformers in organized pressure groups claimed were serious threats to social order in late Victorian and Edwardian London — habitual criminality, prostitution, drunkenness, and betting — and examines the Metropolitan force's policing of these areas.
Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198265696
- eISBN:
- 9780191682933
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198265696.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter analyses the actual operation of so-called hybrid policing and private policing ‘on the ground’ and examines their relationship with Home Department police forces. Clearly, this requires ...
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This chapter analyses the actual operation of so-called hybrid policing and private policing ‘on the ground’ and examines their relationship with Home Department police forces. Clearly, this requires applying a considerably more circumscribed geographical focus — the London borough of Wandsworth — to the subject matter of private security and public policing. The chapter looks at the nature of the policing organisations on the ground — their functions, powers, and geographical remit. Prior to considering the policing of Wandsworth, however, this chapter first explores some of the background features of the borough itself — a borough which has undergone significant changes over the last twenty years or so. As one of the Thatcherite ‘flagship’ boroughs, the local authority was at the forefront of innovation in terms of privatisation and liberalisation during the 1980s. Wandsworth's major policing bodies are divided into two broad groups: private (in the sectoral sense) policing bodies and private security organisations. Public bodies are subdivided into three categories: the Metropolitan Police, other bodies of constables, and other public policing bodies.Less
This chapter analyses the actual operation of so-called hybrid policing and private policing ‘on the ground’ and examines their relationship with Home Department police forces. Clearly, this requires applying a considerably more circumscribed geographical focus — the London borough of Wandsworth — to the subject matter of private security and public policing. The chapter looks at the nature of the policing organisations on the ground — their functions, powers, and geographical remit. Prior to considering the policing of Wandsworth, however, this chapter first explores some of the background features of the borough itself — a borough which has undergone significant changes over the last twenty years or so. As one of the Thatcherite ‘flagship’ boroughs, the local authority was at the forefront of innovation in terms of privatisation and liberalisation during the 1980s. Wandsworth's major policing bodies are divided into two broad groups: private (in the sectoral sense) policing bodies and private security organisations. Public bodies are subdivided into three categories: the Metropolitan Police, other bodies of constables, and other public policing bodies.
Elton Skendaj
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801452949
- eISBN:
- 9780801470189
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801452949.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter compares the two effective bureaucracies in Kosovo: the customs service and the police force. International organizations insulated these bureaucracies from political patronage by ...
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This chapter compares the two effective bureaucracies in Kosovo: the customs service and the police force. International organizations insulated these bureaucracies from political patronage by hiring, training, and promoting competent employees. Because they owed loyalty to the bureaucracy and not to political leaders or parties, the employees in these organizations valued performance. This enabled the professionalization of the bureaucracies. The socialization of officials into the professional norms of bureaucracy started through strategic calculation, and it continued with role-playing and normative suasion as employees learned appropriate behavior in the organization. With time, employees internalized such rules and acted on them habitually.Less
This chapter compares the two effective bureaucracies in Kosovo: the customs service and the police force. International organizations insulated these bureaucracies from political patronage by hiring, training, and promoting competent employees. Because they owed loyalty to the bureaucracy and not to political leaders or parties, the employees in these organizations valued performance. This enabled the professionalization of the bureaucracies. The socialization of officials into the professional norms of bureaucracy started through strategic calculation, and it continued with role-playing and normative suasion as employees learned appropriate behavior in the organization. With time, employees internalized such rules and acted on them habitually.
Antonio Giustozzi and Mohammed Isaqzadeh
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199327942
- eISBN:
- 9780199388042
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199327942.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Security Studies
Policing is not a popular topic of serious scholarly research. Although a vast literature on policing exists, it is mostly technical in nature and only rarely analytical. Even the police forces of ...
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Policing is not a popular topic of serious scholarly research. Although a vast literature on policing exists, it is mostly technical in nature and only rarely analytical. Even the police forces of Western Europe and North America have rarely been investigated in depth as far as their history and functioning goes. In particular, the politics of policing, and its political economy, have been largely neglected. This book is a study of a police force in a developing country that is also undergoing a bitter internal conflict, further to the post-2001 external intervention in Afghanistan. It discusses the evolution of the country’s police through its various stages but focuses in particular on the last decade. The chapters review the ongoing debates over the future shape of Afghanistan’s police, but seek primarily to analyse the way Afghanistan is policed relative to its existing social, political, and international constraints. The book observes the development of the police force from its early stages, starting from what was a rudimentary, militia-based, police force prior to 2001.Less
Policing is not a popular topic of serious scholarly research. Although a vast literature on policing exists, it is mostly technical in nature and only rarely analytical. Even the police forces of Western Europe and North America have rarely been investigated in depth as far as their history and functioning goes. In particular, the politics of policing, and its political economy, have been largely neglected. This book is a study of a police force in a developing country that is also undergoing a bitter internal conflict, further to the post-2001 external intervention in Afghanistan. It discusses the evolution of the country’s police through its various stages but focuses in particular on the last decade. The chapters review the ongoing debates over the future shape of Afghanistan’s police, but seek primarily to analyse the way Afghanistan is policed relative to its existing social, political, and international constraints. The book observes the development of the police force from its early stages, starting from what was a rudimentary, militia-based, police force prior to 2001.
Haia Shpayer-Makov
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199577408
- eISBN:
- 9780191804465
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199577408.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter outlines the employment conditions common to uniformed policemen and detectives. It details the special set of compensations that detectives received, other material rewards, job ...
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This chapter outlines the employment conditions common to uniformed policemen and detectives. It details the special set of compensations that detectives received, other material rewards, job satisfaction, and the attractions as well as pressures of detective work that elevated their status as ‘a class apart in the police’. The chapter also discusses the interaction between this particular kind of policeman and the public.Less
This chapter outlines the employment conditions common to uniformed policemen and detectives. It details the special set of compensations that detectives received, other material rewards, job satisfaction, and the attractions as well as pressures of detective work that elevated their status as ‘a class apart in the police’. The chapter also discusses the interaction between this particular kind of policeman and the public.
Ben Bowling
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199577699
- eISBN:
- 9780191702259
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199577699.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter discusses the establishment and hierarchy amongst the police forces in the Caribbean region. This chapter also explains how police commissions in the region are regarded as legacies from ...
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This chapter discusses the establishment and hierarchy amongst the police forces in the Caribbean region. This chapter also explains how police commissions in the region are regarded as legacies from the colonial era. Also in this chapter, the context of police power is defined. The chapter states that living in a region colonized by Europeans, the police authorities have garnered a wide range of influence and power — and to some extent they have imposed a ‘regal’status in the region. In the succeeding parts of the chapter, select interviews with police commissioners are given; and various view-points regarding the region's state of security are expressed. Moreover, this chapter also reviews various factors that affect the region's security. This chapter also goes through a series of discussions on the different policies that the authorities have made in the past few years up to the present regarding the sudden surge of threats from things such as illegal drugs and firearms. The building tension between certain states in the region as well as the authorities' ways on preventing inter-state conflicts is also scrutinized.Less
This chapter discusses the establishment and hierarchy amongst the police forces in the Caribbean region. This chapter also explains how police commissions in the region are regarded as legacies from the colonial era. Also in this chapter, the context of police power is defined. The chapter states that living in a region colonized by Europeans, the police authorities have garnered a wide range of influence and power — and to some extent they have imposed a ‘regal’status in the region. In the succeeding parts of the chapter, select interviews with police commissioners are given; and various view-points regarding the region's state of security are expressed. Moreover, this chapter also reviews various factors that affect the region's security. This chapter also goes through a series of discussions on the different policies that the authorities have made in the past few years up to the present regarding the sudden surge of threats from things such as illegal drugs and firearms. The building tension between certain states in the region as well as the authorities' ways on preventing inter-state conflicts is also scrutinized.
Elton Skendaj
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801452949
- eISBN:
- 9780801470189
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801452949.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? This book's investigation into Kosovo, based on national survey data, ...
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In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? This book's investigation into Kosovo, based on national survey data, interviews, and focus groups, leads to some surprising answers. It highlights efforts to build the police force, the central government, courts, and a customs service. The book finds that central administration and the courts, which had been developed under local authority, succumbed to cronyism and corruption, challenging the premise that local “ownership” leads to more effective state bureaucracies. The police force and customs service, directly managed by international actors, were held to a meritocratic standard, fulfilling their missions and winning public respect. On the other hand, local participation and contestation supported democratic institutions. When international actors supported the demobilization of popular movements, they undermined the ability of the public to hold elected officials accountable.Less
In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? This book's investigation into Kosovo, based on national survey data, interviews, and focus groups, leads to some surprising answers. It highlights efforts to build the police force, the central government, courts, and a customs service. The book finds that central administration and the courts, which had been developed under local authority, succumbed to cronyism and corruption, challenging the premise that local “ownership” leads to more effective state bureaucracies. The police force and customs service, directly managed by international actors, were held to a meritocratic standard, fulfilling their missions and winning public respect. On the other hand, local participation and contestation supported democratic institutions. When international actors supported the demobilization of popular movements, they undermined the ability of the public to hold elected officials accountable.
Bibhu Prasad Routray
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198092384
- eISBN:
- 9780199082674
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198092384.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter focuses on the role of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in three conflict theatres ? the Left-Wing Extremism-affected states, the Northeast, and Jammu and Kashmir. While analysing ...
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This chapter focuses on the role of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in three conflict theatres ? the Left-Wing Extremism-affected states, the Northeast, and Jammu and Kashmir. While analysing their role in terms of contribution to conflict resolution and conflict management, it also explores their relationship with the politico-strategic environment they operate in, and the latter’s impact on their performance. While it refers to the history of the CAPFs’ engagement in the three conflict theatres, it limits itself largely to analysing contemporary trends. The chapter briefly discusses the origin and growth of different CAPFs and makes recommendations for effecting improvements in their counter-insurgency capability. It argues that in spite of their prolonged history and vast experience at responding to the country’s security needs in various conflict zones, the CAPFs have failed to break the threshold of mediocrity to emerge as effective security providers.Less
This chapter focuses on the role of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in three conflict theatres ? the Left-Wing Extremism-affected states, the Northeast, and Jammu and Kashmir. While analysing their role in terms of contribution to conflict resolution and conflict management, it also explores their relationship with the politico-strategic environment they operate in, and the latter’s impact on their performance. While it refers to the history of the CAPFs’ engagement in the three conflict theatres, it limits itself largely to analysing contemporary trends. The chapter briefly discusses the origin and growth of different CAPFs and makes recommendations for effecting improvements in their counter-insurgency capability. It argues that in spite of their prolonged history and vast experience at responding to the country’s security needs in various conflict zones, the CAPFs have failed to break the threshold of mediocrity to emerge as effective security providers.
Patricia Lim
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099906
- eISBN:
- 9789882207714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099906.003.0019
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter discusses the governors of Hong Kong during the late nineteenth century and their effect on society. After years of experiencing difficulties and the perceived quarrelsome nature of the ...
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This chapter discusses the governors of Hong Kong during the late nineteenth century and their effect on society. After years of experiencing difficulties and the perceived quarrelsome nature of the Hong Kong civil servants, it was decided that the country needed a strong governor who had wide powers and the backing of the colonial office. These governors affected several facets of society, such as the education of Chinese girls, the police force, and Roman Catholic schools.Less
This chapter discusses the governors of Hong Kong during the late nineteenth century and their effect on society. After years of experiencing difficulties and the perceived quarrelsome nature of the Hong Kong civil servants, it was decided that the country needed a strong governor who had wide powers and the backing of the colonial office. These governors affected several facets of society, such as the education of Chinese girls, the police force, and Roman Catholic schools.
Burnett Bolloten
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469624464
- eISBN:
- 9781469624488
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469624464.003.0021
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter discusses the steps undertaken by the Republic to restore the police forces. With only the bare remnants of the Republican police corps at its disposal, the liberal government formed by ...
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This chapter discusses the steps undertaken by the Republic to restore the police forces. With only the bare remnants of the Republican police corps at its disposal, the liberal government formed by José Giral in July 1936 was impotent in the face of the revolution exercised by the working-class organizations, whose police squads and patrols carried out searches, arrests, and summary executions. Furthermore, the lack of a concrete security force undermined the government's authority in the eyes of the Western world. Thus the first significant attempt at reconstruction began that same year under the auspices of the Giral administration. And parallel with the reconstruction of the government security services, important changes were also taking place in the field of justice.Less
This chapter discusses the steps undertaken by the Republic to restore the police forces. With only the bare remnants of the Republican police corps at its disposal, the liberal government formed by José Giral in July 1936 was impotent in the face of the revolution exercised by the working-class organizations, whose police squads and patrols carried out searches, arrests, and summary executions. Furthermore, the lack of a concrete security force undermined the government's authority in the eyes of the Western world. Thus the first significant attempt at reconstruction began that same year under the auspices of the Giral administration. And parallel with the reconstruction of the government security services, important changes were also taking place in the field of justice.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846312359
- eISBN:
- 9781846316104
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846316104.002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
In England, working-class families encouraged their sons to apply to the police force to earn regular wages and a chance for promotion. Believing that policing paid a steady wage for little effort, a ...
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In England, working-class families encouraged their sons to apply to the police force to earn regular wages and a chance for promotion. Believing that policing paid a steady wage for little effort, a constant stream of unqualified applicants lined up hoping to be hired. Most of the applicants failed to meet basic police physical and education requirements. This chapter focuses on how men could become police constables in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool during the early twentieth century, from application to training and probation to actual policing.Less
In England, working-class families encouraged their sons to apply to the police force to earn regular wages and a chance for promotion. Believing that policing paid a steady wage for little effort, a constant stream of unqualified applicants lined up hoping to be hired. Most of the applicants failed to meet basic police physical and education requirements. This chapter focuses on how men could become police constables in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool during the early twentieth century, from application to training and probation to actual policing.
Lila Caimari
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520289437
- eISBN:
- 9780520964105
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520289437.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
Keeping order in the city is the oldest of police duties. In the 1820s, the Policía de Buenos Aires adopted the image of a watchful eye as their emblem, placing the symbol on their medallions, ...
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Keeping order in the city is the oldest of police duties. In the 1820s, the Policía de Buenos Aires adopted the image of a watchful eye as their emblem, placing the symbol on their medallions, badges, and letterhead. This institution “never slept.” Watching the city by day, watching it by night, the police attempted to give the appearance of being the ubiquitous eyes of authority. This chapter focuses on the crisis and subsequent resurrection of this ideal during the first decades of the twentieth century. It traces this history into the 1930s, when the police began using the new technologies—radios and patrol cars—that fundamentally altered methods of perceiving and collecting information on urban life.Less
Keeping order in the city is the oldest of police duties. In the 1820s, the Policía de Buenos Aires adopted the image of a watchful eye as their emblem, placing the symbol on their medallions, badges, and letterhead. This institution “never slept.” Watching the city by day, watching it by night, the police attempted to give the appearance of being the ubiquitous eyes of authority. This chapter focuses on the crisis and subsequent resurrection of this ideal during the first decades of the twentieth century. It traces this history into the 1930s, when the police began using the new technologies—radios and patrol cars—that fundamentally altered methods of perceiving and collecting information on urban life.
Lila Caimari
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520289437
- eISBN:
- 9780520964105
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520289437.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter explores the public opinion strategies adopted by Buenos Aires police in the context of a deep crisis of consensus in the 1920s and 1930s regarding their right to use force. In so doing, ...
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This chapter explores the public opinion strategies adopted by Buenos Aires police in the context of a deep crisis of consensus in the 1920s and 1930s regarding their right to use force. In so doing, it tackles a question transcending this case: how can police forces act as the guardians of a social order they themselves might perceive as unjust, and still earn the respect of those who suffer from its injustice? The answer lies within the process of the symbolic construction of an idealized police officer, one able to remain connected with those he claims to protect. In this case, the connection between the police and the people was woven using fiction, mass media, and other key elements of popular culture.Less
This chapter explores the public opinion strategies adopted by Buenos Aires police in the context of a deep crisis of consensus in the 1920s and 1930s regarding their right to use force. In so doing, it tackles a question transcending this case: how can police forces act as the guardians of a social order they themselves might perceive as unjust, and still earn the respect of those who suffer from its injustice? The answer lies within the process of the symbolic construction of an idealized police officer, one able to remain connected with those he claims to protect. In this case, the connection between the police and the people was woven using fiction, mass media, and other key elements of popular culture.
Jennifer C. Hunt
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226360904
- eISBN:
- 9780226360911
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226360911.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Law, Crime and Deviance
On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn and narrowly prevented a suicide bombing of the New York subway that would have cost hundreds, ...
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On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn and narrowly prevented a suicide bombing of the New York subway that would have cost hundreds, possibly thousands of lives. This book tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work involved, and its paradoxical aftermath, which drew the officers into a conflict with other rank-and-file police and publicity-hungry top brass. The book draws on personal knowledge of the NYPD and a network of police contacts extending from cop to four-star chief, to trace the experience of three officers on the Emergency Service entry team and the two bomb squad detectives who dismantled the live device. The book follows their lives for five years, from that near-fatal day in 1997, through their encounters inside the brutal world of departmental politics, and on to 9/11, when they once again put their lives at risk in the fight against terrorism, racing inside the burning towers and sorting through the ash, debris, and body parts.Less
On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn and narrowly prevented a suicide bombing of the New York subway that would have cost hundreds, possibly thousands of lives. This book tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work involved, and its paradoxical aftermath, which drew the officers into a conflict with other rank-and-file police and publicity-hungry top brass. The book draws on personal knowledge of the NYPD and a network of police contacts extending from cop to four-star chief, to trace the experience of three officers on the Emergency Service entry team and the two bomb squad detectives who dismantled the live device. The book follows their lives for five years, from that near-fatal day in 1997, through their encounters inside the brutal world of departmental politics, and on to 9/11, when they once again put their lives at risk in the fight against terrorism, racing inside the burning towers and sorting through the ash, debris, and body parts.
Seth W. Stoughton, Jeffrey J. Noble, and Geoffrey P. Alpert
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781479814657
- eISBN:
- 9781479830480
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479814657.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
The use of force by police, when perceived negatively by community members, can undermine public trust over time, even serving as a flashpoint that ignites long-simmering hostility. The acute and ...
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The use of force by police, when perceived negatively by community members, can undermine public trust over time, even serving as a flashpoint that ignites long-simmering hostility. The acute and chronic effects of community distrust make it essential to appreciate how community members evaluate use-of-force incidents. Distinguishing between substantive and procedural justice, this chapter identifies the aspects of police violence that community members most care about. It also explores the range of public perspectives on police uses of force, using real-world examples to illustrate the way public statements condemning and supporting officers’ use-of-force decisions often fall into identifiable categories. Understanding these categories allows for a greater appreciation of what community members look for and what they criticize when officers use force. That understanding can also inform efforts to better educate the public about police uses of force.Less
The use of force by police, when perceived negatively by community members, can undermine public trust over time, even serving as a flashpoint that ignites long-simmering hostility. The acute and chronic effects of community distrust make it essential to appreciate how community members evaluate use-of-force incidents. Distinguishing between substantive and procedural justice, this chapter identifies the aspects of police violence that community members most care about. It also explores the range of public perspectives on police uses of force, using real-world examples to illustrate the way public statements condemning and supporting officers’ use-of-force decisions often fall into identifiable categories. Understanding these categories allows for a greater appreciation of what community members look for and what they criticize when officers use force. That understanding can also inform efforts to better educate the public about police uses of force.
Adam Malka
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781469636290
- eISBN:
- 9781469636313
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469636290.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter chronicles the development of police reform in Baltimore during the middle decades of the nineteenth century – the development, that is, of both a professional municipal police force and ...
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This chapter chronicles the development of police reform in Baltimore during the middle decades of the nineteenth century – the development, that is, of both a professional municipal police force and a reformative state-run penal system. Police reform grew state power in the name of liberal freedom. Reformers established the police force to protect the rights of individuals, particularly their property rights, and built prisons to remake inmates into individuals capable of possessing such rights in the first place. But this liberalism had far-reaching implications for a wide range of free Baltimoreans, particularly the white workingmen who made up the rank and file of the city’s political order. As “property holders” of wages and dependents, white workingmen deployed real power under the new system.Less
This chapter chronicles the development of police reform in Baltimore during the middle decades of the nineteenth century – the development, that is, of both a professional municipal police force and a reformative state-run penal system. Police reform grew state power in the name of liberal freedom. Reformers established the police force to protect the rights of individuals, particularly their property rights, and built prisons to remake inmates into individuals capable of possessing such rights in the first place. But this liberalism had far-reaching implications for a wide range of free Baltimoreans, particularly the white workingmen who made up the rank and file of the city’s political order. As “property holders” of wages and dependents, white workingmen deployed real power under the new system.
Kathleen Battles
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816649136
- eISBN:
- 9781452945996
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816649136.003.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Radio
This introductory chapter discusses how the police made use of radio technology in response to the increasing crime numbers as a result of automobile exploitation. Literary sources from the 1930s ...
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This introductory chapter discusses how the police made use of radio technology in response to the increasing crime numbers as a result of automobile exploitation. Literary sources from the 1930s suggest that police radio represents speed, efficiency, excitement, geographical command, two-way communication, modernity, and more importantly, the assurance of unavoidable capture. The buzz of radio served an important role in police reorganization and improving of its dull public image. The phrase “calling all cars,” for the police force, indicates the attempt to build a technologically improved, organized, and efficient department; while for the radio industry, it means the excitement essential in catering both their corporate sponsors and the public. These two parties then work together in revering the achievement of modern police forces.Less
This introductory chapter discusses how the police made use of radio technology in response to the increasing crime numbers as a result of automobile exploitation. Literary sources from the 1930s suggest that police radio represents speed, efficiency, excitement, geographical command, two-way communication, modernity, and more importantly, the assurance of unavoidable capture. The buzz of radio served an important role in police reorganization and improving of its dull public image. The phrase “calling all cars,” for the police force, indicates the attempt to build a technologically improved, organized, and efficient department; while for the radio industry, it means the excitement essential in catering both their corporate sponsors and the public. These two parties then work together in revering the achievement of modern police forces.