| Whether they want to or not, police are increasingly having to work with and through many local, national and international partnerships. This edited collection explores the development of policing and security networks. It looks at ways in which police can develop new strategies for integrating the knowledge, capacities and resources of different security providers and assesses the challenges associated with such a venture.
The demand for security in western democracies generally exceeds the capacity of governments to provide it. In the present-day climate of scarce resources, networked approaches to policing and security have the potential to generate more effective and democratic service provision. Whether they want to or not, police increasingly have to work with, and through, many local, national and international partnerships.
Fighting Crime Together: The Challenges of Policing and Security Networks explores the development of policing and security networks and various domains of practice. It looks at ways police can develop new strategies for integrating the knowledge, capacities and resources of different security providers and assesses the challenges associated with such a venture. The book draws on contributions from internationally renowned academics, policy makers, analysts, practitioners of policing and security. |
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