Overview
- Develops an understanding of the potential effectiveness of different leadership styles and behaviours
- Explores police leadership specifically in Scotland, Europe, North America, Canada and Australia
- Addresses the cultural and structural reforms affecting the Police Service
- Draws on a distinctive and diverse combination of established academics and young career researchers working in the field of police leadership
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Thinking Critically About Police Leadership
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Front Matter
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The Changing Face of Police Leadership: New Directions
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Looking Beyond England and Wales
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book draws upon a range of theoretical and empirical research to explore contemporary debates about police leadership. Focusing upon leadership styles, ethics, integrity and professionalism, workforce diversity, legitimacy and accountability, it reviews the changing context and nature of leadership over time and explores the gains, losses, tensions and challenges that different leadership models bring to policing. Leadership is present at various levels within the police service and this collection reflects upon appropriate leadership qualities and requirements for different roles and at different ranks. The book also considers the difference between leadership and management in an attempt to capture fuller debates within police leadership. Part one surmises the contextual backdrop to current thinking and the primary challenges facing leadership in the police service. Part two highlights the changing face of leadership through an exploration of the call for greater diversity within the ranks of police leadership, and the final section examines police leadership beyond England and Wales. Through this, Police Leadership explores how the challenges facing police leadership in England and Wales share similarities with those in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Greece, North America, and Australia in the face of the pressures of political and economic uncertainty.
Reviews
“This edited collection draws on a range of theoretical and empirical research to explore the changing face of police leadership in the UK and beyond. It reviews contemporary debates about police leadership and its challenges from the perspectives of scholars and practitioners. A much needed and timely contribution to the literature” (Professor Jenny Fleming, University of Southampton, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Marisa Silvestri is Reader in Criminology at the University of Kent, UK. Her research explores the gendered dimensions of policing and police leadership. With a focus on critical diversities, her work develops more complex readings of police organisational culture. She is an executive committee member of the British Society of Criminology and is chair of its Women, Crime and Criminal Justice Network.
Mark Simpson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at Teesside University, UK. He has written and researched on a broad range of criminological issues including drug use, youth crime, policing and criminal justice interventions. He is a Fellow of the RSA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Police Leadership
Book Subtitle: Changing Landscapes
Editors: Pauline Ramshaw, Marisa Silvestri, Mark Simpson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21469-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21468-5Published: 08 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21471-5Published: 08 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21469-2Published: 26 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 287
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Policing, Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime, Business Strategy/Leadership, Crime Control and Security, Sociology of Culture