| Description |
vii, 95 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Pt. 1 : In earlier days -- Ch. 1. The erosion of the citizen role -- Ch. 2. The police : Specialists in order maintenance -- Pt. 2. In these days -- Ch. 3. The antinomies between urbanisation and civilisation -- Ch. 4. Urban crime -- Ch. 5. Urban morbidity : fear of crime and reluctance to report crime -- Pt. 3 : Police at work -- Ch. 6. A multi-faceted role -- Ch. 7. Enforcers of the law -- Ch. 8. Keepers of the peace -- Ch. 9. Providers of service to the community -- Ch. 10. The policeman's attitude to his role -- Pt. 4. : The accountability of police -- Ch. 11. Who tells the constable to do what? -- The traditional independence of police -- Police discretion - the Quasi-judicial role of police -- Ch. 12. The Commissioner and the parliament -- Parliamentary sovereignty -- Accountability of the British police -- Accountability of Australian Police Commissioners -- Pt. 5 : Achieving social control with the people -- Ch. 13. The fallacy : social control by coercion in a democracy -- Ch. 14. Police-community co-operation for social control -- Social Safety Councils -- Community Justice Centres -- Women in policing -- Sound police-community relations demands effective police -- Youth -- Police-community relations programmes -- The social work role of police -- Anonymity and stereotyping -- Police and the media -- Conclusion -- How can society achieve social control? |
| Analysis |
Society. Role of police |
| Notes |
Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Police -- Australia.
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Police-community relations.
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Police.
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| ISBN |
0409300403 |
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