"In the 1980s, community policing replaced the traditional crime-fighting model of policing, often referred to as "professional policing." Community policing was an improvement over the previous policing paradigm (one that the authors argue was more truly professional than the command-and-control model that it replaced) and represented a great change in how police officers did their jobs. The authors argue that it is now time for a new model for the 21st century, one that they call a "New Professionalism." Their framework rests on increased accountability for police in both their effectiveness and their conduct; greater legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry; continuous innovation in tactics and strategies for interacting with offenders, victims, and the general public; and national coherence through the development of national norms and protocols for policing. Governing Science is one of a series of papers that are being published as a result of the second "Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety," a collaboration of NIJ and Harvard Kennedy School's Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management."--Publisher's website.

"This paper suggests that the past model of police professionalism has been updated as a result of technology and federal funding. Sklansky explains that 1960s police professionalism was not about tactics, such as random patrol, but rather about the governing mindset behind policies. By the early 1980s, this professional policing model was discredited, giving birth to community policing, which also focused more on ideas and policy and less on tactics. Community policing was seen to have shortcomings, such as being vague and not reducing serious crime. Today, professional policing is mounting a comeback. Community policing, however, is still valuable. Although the community policing model is incomplete, a model of "advanced community policing" could address unanswered specifics about the nature of community policing that would help law enforcement agencies, police researchers, and the public resist the persistent pull of police professionalism. Governing Science is one of a series of papers that are being published as a result of the second "Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety," a collaboration of NIJ and Harvard Kennedy School's Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management."--Publisher's website.

The police service in England and Wales is facing major challenges in its financing, political oversight and reorganisation of its structures. Current economic conditions have created a wholly new environment whereby cost saving is permitting hitherto unthinkable changes in the style and means of delivery of policing services. In the context of these proposed changes Lord Stevens, formerly Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service was asked to chair an Independent Commission looking into the future of policing. The Commission has a wide ranging remit and the papers in this book offer up-to-date analysis of contemporary problems from the novel perspective of developing a reform agenda to assist the Commission. Bringing together contributions from both key academic thinkers and police professionals, this book discusses new policing paradigms, lays out a case for an evidence-based practice approach and draws attention to developing areas such as terrorism, public order and hate crime. Policing is too important to be left to politicians, as the health of a democracy may be judged by the relationship between the police and the public. The aim of this book is to question and present analyses of problems offer new ideas and propose realistically achievable solutions without being so timid as to preserve the status quo. It will be of interest to both academics and students in the fields of criminology and policing studies, as well as professionals in the policing service, NGOs and local authority organisations.

Top scholars provide a critical analysis of the current ethical challenges facing police officers, police departments, and the criminal justice system From George Floyd to Breonna Taylor, the brutal deaths of Black citizens at the hands of law enforcement have brought race and policing to the forefront of national debate in the United States. In The Ethics of Policing, Ben Jones and Eduardo Mendieta bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars across the social sciences and humanities to reevaluate the role of the police and the ethical principles that guide their work. With contributors such as Tracey Meares, Michael Walzer, and Franklin Zimring, this volume covers timely topics including race and policing, the use of aggressive tactics and deadly force, police abolitionism, and the use of new technologies like drones, body cameras, and predictive analytics, providing different perspectives on the past, present, and future of policing, with particular attention to discriminatory practices that have historically targeted Black and Brown communities. This volume offers cutting-edge insight into the ethical challenges facing the police and the institutions that oversee them. As high-profile cases of police brutality spark protests around the country, The Ethics of Policing raises questions about the proper role of law enforcement in a democratic society.

Original publisher: [Cambridge, Mass.]: Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management; Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, [2011] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)720018457 Subject: Police professionalization -- United States -- History. Excerpt: ... The Persistent Pull of Police Professionalism - 15 21. Navigating Your Agency's Path, supra note 12, 27. In fact, the leading treatise on police manage at 10. ment in the era of police professionalism argued explicitly that " indexes of efficiency " were of " lim 22. Beck & McCue, supra note 16, at 18, 23; see ited utility " in assessing police practices because also William Bratton, John Morgan & Sean the available data were so crude. O.W. Wilson, Malinowski, Fighting Crime in the Information Police Administration 8 ( 1950 ). This passage was Age: The Promise of Predictive Policing 8 ( discus retained in the second edition of the treatise, see sion draft, Nov. 18, 2009 ) ( claiming that " we have O.W. Wilson, Police Administration 24 ( 2d ed. entered the era of predictive policing " ). 1963 ), but not in the third, see O.W. Wilson & Roy Clinton McLaren, Police Administration ( 3d ed. 23. Beck & McCue, supra note 16, at 19. 1972 ). 24. Id. 28. William Ker Muir, Jr., Police: Streetcorner Politicians ( 1977 ). 25. Bratton et al., supra note 22, at 1. There may also be a difference in emphasis: intelligence-29. Christopher Stone & Jeremy Travis, Toward led policing is sometimes said to be marked by a a New Professionalism in Policing 1 ( pre " concentration on prolific and persistent offend publication draft, June 2009 ). ers, " Ratcliffe, supra note 13, at 8; and predictive policing is sometimes said to focus on " times 30. Id. at 5 - 6. and locations predicted to be associated with an increased likelihood for crime, " rather than 31. Id. at 8. on " specific individuals, " Beck & McCue, supra 32. Id. note 16, at 22. But intelligence-led policing has also been ...