Introduction - 1. The Crisis in Policing -- 2. Vicious Circles : Increasing Alienation --3. The Politics of Policing : A Strange Consensus of Left and Right -- 4. Letting the Police off the Hook -- 5. Neighbourhood Crime Watch -- 6. The Problems of Multi-Agency Policing -- 7. Technology and Power : Towards the Police State? -- 8. Discretion and Accountability : Proposals for a New Police Authority -- 9. Minimal Policing : The Theory and Practice of a Democratic Force