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Author:   Jenny Fleming (Institute of Criminal Justice Research, University of Southampton)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.484kg
ISBN:  

9780198728627

ISBN 10:   019872862
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   20 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Jenny Fleming: Experience and Evidence: The Learning of Leadership 2: Timothy Brain and Lynne Owens: Leading in Austerity 3: Robert Reiner and Denis O>'Connor: Politics and Policing: The Terrible Twins 4: Adam Crawford and Mike Cunningham: Working in Partnership: The Challenges of Working across Organizational Boundaries, Cultures, and Practices 5: Keith Grint and Sara Thornton: Leadership, Management, and Command in the Police 6: Allyson MacVean and Peter Spindler: Principled and Ethical Policing: Some Considerations for Police Leaders 7: John GD Grieve and Robin Bhairam: 'Say it Loud Without a Frown; Good Investigators Write it Down': Theories of Leading Ethical Investigations 8: Martin Innes, Sarah Tucker, and Matt Jukes: When Should They Get Engaged? Police-Community Engagement 9: Aogán Mulcahy and Hugh Orde: Police Leadership in Fractured Societies 10: Marisa Silvestri and Colette Paul: Women in Police Leadership 11: Mark Kilgallon, Martin Wright, and Adrian Lee: Contested Knowledge: Learning to Lead in a Policing Context 12: Jenny Fleming, Nick Fyfe, and Alex Marshall: Making Connections between Research and Practice: Tackling the Paradox of Policing Research 13: Nic Beech, Elizabeth Gulledge, and David Stewart: Change Leadership: The Application of Alternative Models in Structural Policing Changes

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Jenny Fleming's Police Leadership: Rising to the Top offers a comprehensive guide to understanding the structures, research methods, and challenges of police leadership. This edited book is a welcome contribution to this topic as it is the only published book to present a tailored discussion around strategic and extensive police leadership issues by taking into consideration and presenting both academic knowledge and views-'local knowledge'as presented by senior police practitioners. * Vaitsa Giannouli, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice *

Jenny Fleming's Police Leadership: Rising to the Top offers a comprehensive guide to understanding the structures, research methods, and challenges of police leadership. This edited book is a welcome contribution to this topic as it is the only published book to present a tailored discussion around strategic and extensive police leadership issues by taking into consideration and presenting both academic knowledge and views-'local knowledge'as presented by senior police practitioners. * Vaitsa Giannouli, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice *

Author Information

Professor Jenny Fleming joined the University of Southampton as Professor of Criminology in 2012 where she is also the Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Research. Professor Fleming's expertise lies in collaborative research covering such topics as police partnerships, police leadership and management. She is interested in organizational imperatives that impact on the way in which 'police do business' and has published widely in this area. She is the co-author of Fighting Crime Together: The Challenges of Policing and Security Networks (with Jennifer Wood) and The Sage Dictionary of Policing (with Alison Wakefield). Professor Fleming is the Editor-in-Chief of Policing and Society, an international journal of research and policy, the leading policing peer-reviewed journal in the UK. Professor Fleming is part of the University Consortium in partnership with the College of Policing, supporting a programme for the newly established What Works Centre for Crime Reduction.

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