State Police in a State of Change

Remaking the entrepreneurial officer

ISBN: 978-3-639-02457-9
Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten

Questions concerning how to govern police practice
have never been more pressing or more fluid. This
study locates contemporary developments in police
accountability techniques within a broader analysis
of the historical circumstances shaping the changing
techniques for governing police. The recent
pluralisation of police accountability processes and
structures is examined through the application of
governmentality studies. Drawing on a comparative
analysis of two Australian States the book provides a
detailed account of the development of governmental
techniques for ''making up'' the entrepreneurial
officer. While such a governmental project is not
implemented unproblematically the book concludes that
the attempt to shape the development of the
entrepreneurial officer through the managerialisation
of governing presents distinct possibilities for a
new ''politics of policing'' that fosters deliberative
and reflective police practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Darren

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Darren Palmer is a Senior lecturer in Criminology at Deakin
University in Victoria, Australia. He has previously taught Law
and Legal Studies at La Trobe University. He has researched and
written on a variety of policing-related topics and continues to
conduct research and provide expert media commentary in this field.