Studies of policing tend to focus on effectiveness-on what works-rather than what matters, of why policing should be done in particular ways or reformed or restructured. This book explores that angle, looking at the implications of recent restructurings in the UK, USA and the Netherlands, with a special emphasis on the dilemmas faced by police leadership as they confront change.
Foreword: A Crisis in Public Policing ~ Peter Neyroud;
Preface;
Policing in perilous times: change and leadership;
Police systems, perspectives and contested paradigms;
Sea of troubles: the nature of policing;
When matters become `really real': commanding operations;
Leadership and leadership development;
Towards a comprehensive paradigm.
