Policing remains one of the most controversial areas of criminal justice. Recent years have seen major changes in every aspect of policing: new constructions of the police mission, new ways of delivering police services and new arrangements for police accountability.

The police have had to respond to international terrorism, international organized crime, the new faces of migration and asylum, globalization and the reconstitution of societies in the post-Communist and Islamic world. This completely revised second edition argues that through these changes enduring and fundamental divisions can be traced.

The book is relevant to those studying criminology, police studies, sociology, social policy and law, wherever their interests touch on the police.

About the Author
Nigel Fielding is Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England. His principal research interests are in policing and in social research methods. He was editor of the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice from 1985 to 1998, and amongst his works in the field of criminology are Joining Forces: Police Training, Socialisation and Occupational Competence (Routledge, 1988), Negotiating Nothing: Police Decision-making in Disputes (with C. Kemp and C. Norris; Avebury, 1992), Community Policing (Clarendon, 1995), The Economic Dimensions of Crime (editor, with A. Clarke and R. Witt; Macmillan, 2000), and Courting Violence (Clarendon, forthcoming in 2006).

Reviews
'Prof Fielding, of the University of Surrey, has provided a well-written and stimulating analysis of the complex, diverse and evolving character and context of policing in Britain in the early 21st century. This is academic work as it should be: grounded in reality, critical where necessary, and taking the longer view'. Police Review 3 February 2006 page 17



Book Information
ISBN 9781904385233
Author Nigel Fielding
Format Paperback
Page Count 252
Imprint Routledge Cavendish
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 340g