Acknowledgments1 A Democratic DilemmaPart I: Contexts2 When
Things Go Wrong
3 History and Research
4 Settings and SystemsPart II: The Practice of Police Governance5
Governing at the Cutting Edge
6 Advice about ManagingPart III: Re-thinking Police Governance7 Why
Governance Fails
8 The Changing Contexts of Governance
9 Improving Police GovernanceIndex
David H. Bayley is distinguished professor emeritus in the School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, USA. Philip C. Stenning is professor of criminology and criminal justice, and a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute, at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.
-An excellent addition to what is a now sizeable literature on the
democratic oversight of modern policing. Given its authors--two of
the world's authorities on the subject--it will be no surprise that
this is a stimulating, wide-ranging and original treatise. Scholars
and students alike, in whichever country they may be working, will
find Governing the Police invaluable.- --Tim Newburn, London School
of Economics, UK -Governing the Police examines the working
relationship between the top police executive and their political
bosses in six English-speaking democracies. ... Bayley and Stenning
do a remarkable job of providing insight and understanding into
these complex relationships. They have analyzed the various
mechanisms that have been established to solve this problem in the
countries studied and none of them seem to offer a fully
satisfactory solution. Governing the Police makes an important
contribution to our understanding of this complex issue and should
be read by both chiefs and politicians.- --Darrel Stephens,
executive director, Major Cities Chiefs Association -Bayley and
Stenning have made an original contribution to the comparative
study of policing in democratic societies. Police studies have long
been too parochial, with an absence of examinations of which
features of governing the police are common among all democracies
and which features are unique to particular countries. Governing
the Police focuses on the day-to-day tensions between proper public
direction of law enforcement agencies and illegitimate political
interference.- --Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska at Omaha
"An excellent addition to what is a now sizeable literature on the
democratic oversight of modern policing. Given its authors--two of
the world's authorities on the subject--it will be no surprise that
this is a stimulating, wide-ranging and original treatise. Scholars
and students alike, in whichever country they may be working, will
find Governing the Police invaluable." --Tim Newburn, London School
of Economics, UK "Governing the Police examines the working
relationship between the top police executive and their political
bosses in six English-speaking democracies. ... Bayley and Stenning
do a remarkable job of providing insight and understanding into
these complex relationships. They have analyzed the various
mechanisms that have been established to solve this problem in the
countries studied and none of them seem to offer a fully
satisfactory solution. Governing the Police makes an important
contribution to our understanding of this complex issue and should
be read by both chiefs and politicians." --Darrel Stephens,
executive director, Major Cities Chiefs Association "Bayley and
Stenning have made an original contribution to the comparative
study of policing in democratic societies. Police studies have long
been too parochial, with an absence of examinations of which
features of governing the police are common among all democracies
and which features are unique to particular countries. Governing
the Police focuses on the day-to-day tensions between proper public
direction of law enforcement agencies and illegitimate political
interference." --Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska at Omaha
"An excellent addition to what is a now sizeable literature on the
democratic oversight of modern policing. Given its authors--two of
the world's authorities on the subject--it will be no surprise that
this is a stimulating, wide-ranging and original treatise. Scholars
and students alike, in whichever country they may be working, will
find Governing the Police invaluable." --Tim Newburn, London School
of Economics, UK "Governing the Police examines the working
relationship between the top police executive and their political
bosses in six English-speaking democracies. ... Bayley and Stenning
do a remarkable job of providing insight and understanding into
these complex relationships. They have analyzed the various
mechanisms that have been established to solve this problem in the
countries studied and none of them seem to offer a fully
satisfactory solution. Governing the Police makes an important
contribution to our understanding of this complex issue and should
be read by both chiefs and politicians." --Darrel Stephens,
executive director, Major Cities Chiefs Association "Bayley and
Stenning have made an original contribution to the comparative
study of policing in democratic societies. Police studies have long
been too parochial, with an absence of examinations of which
features of governing the police are common among all democracies
and which features are unique to particular countries. Governing
the Police focuses on the day-to-day tensions between proper public
direction of law enforcement agencies and illegitimate political
interference." --Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska at Omaha
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