This innovative book offers a comprehensive assessment of policing in
late modern Britain. The overall theme is that as we approach the end of
the twentieth century, it is an appropriate time to review recent
developments in policing and law enforcement and to consider future
prospects.The areas covered include equal opportunities and public
policework; perspectives on and politics of police policy making; the
emergence and consequences of managerialism and privatisation;
legitimacy, policing and human rights; crime control and surveillance in
Northern Ireland; crime rates, victimisation and the provision of
service; risk, late modernity and 'community policing'; regulating
virtual communities and policing cybercrime; and the insights to be
gained from comparative analysis. Thought-provoking and incisive,
Policing Futures is an invaluable source of information, and will be
essential reading for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners
in the fields of police studies, criminology, socio-legal studies, law,
sociology, social policy, social work and related disciplines.