Policy Press

Leading Policing in Europe

An Empirical Study of Strategic Police Leadership

By Bryn Caless and Steve Tong

Published

Jan 18, 2017

Page count

296 pages

ISBN

978-1447315742

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

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Policy Press

Published

Jul 1, 2015

Page count

296 pages

ISBN

978-1447315728

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jun 1, 2016

Page count

296 pages

ISBN

978-1447321200

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jun 1, 2016

Page count

296 pages

ISBN

978-1447321217

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Imprint

Policy Press
Leading Policing in Europe

Little is known about those at the command end of policing in Europe. Over the last two years, Bryn Caless and Steve Tong have had unique access to those at the top of Europe's police forces, obtaining detailed comments from more than a hundred strategic police leaders in 22 countries and presenting, for the first time, information about how they are selected for high office, how they are held to account and what their views are on current and future challenges in policing. Building on research conducted in the UK, this is a timely and unparalleled insight into a little-known elite in the law-enforcement world.

"An original contribution, coming at a watershed in European policing (with centralisation, narrowing of mandate, changes in recruitment and governance, and austerity), which provides valuable material and fresh insights in an under-researched area” Maurice Punch, London School of Economics and Political Science

“Providing insights into the professional life of top police leaders, this book makes for interesting reading and details the lessons to be learned as well as encouraging readers to think about leadership as both an art and a science.” Ferenc Bánfi, Director of CEPOL/European Police College, Hungary

Bryn Caless is Senior Lecturer, Law and Criminal Justice Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University. He specialises in elite studies of policing and police accountability and has written Policing at the Top (Policy Press, 2011) on chief police officers in England and Wales. He is currently researching Police & Crime Commissioners.

Steve Tong is Director of Policing & Criminal Justice in the School of Law, Criminal Justice & Computing at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He has published widely with research interests in police learning and development, professionalization, criminal investigation and police leadership.

Introduction;

European policing in context;

Getting to the top: the selection and appointment of strategic police leaders in Europe;

Accountability;

Relationships and influences;

The preference for cooperative bilateralism among European strategic police leaders;

The challenges facing European policing today;

Conclusion.