The governance of the police and current challenges to police service delivery in England and Wales

Barry Loveday

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61452-2_2

The governance of the police and current challenges to police service delivery in England and Wales

Barry Loveday

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Abstract

The paper provides a critical assessment of the reformed structure of police governance in England and Wales. It considers the impact of directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners on the determination of local policing priorities and community interests. It identifies the significance of the move from highly centralised policing to a fully devolved system which the arrival of PCCs represents. It thereafter considers current challenges to police delivery of service arising from both the significant increase in non- criminal incidents to which the police must now respond and also the potential impact of the changing profile of crime with the dramatic rise in both fraud and cybercrime which together threaten to overshadow traditional acquisitive crime in many police force areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Enhancing Police Service Delivery
Subtitle of host publication	Global Perspectives and Contemporary Policy Implications
Editors	James F. Albrecht, Garth den Heyer
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	2
Pages	17-30
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030614522
ISBN (Print)	9783030612931
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61452-2_2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61452-2
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2021

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The governance of the police and current challenges to police service delivery in England and Wales. / Loveday, Barry.
Enhancing Police Service Delivery: Global Perspectives and Contemporary Policy Implications. ed. / James F. Albrecht; Garth den Heyer. Springer, 2021. p. 17-30.

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