Governance and Policing

The theme of this issue is governance, a term with multipleand often contested meanings. By governance, in its broadestsense, I mean those more or less systematic attempts to shapehuman conduct. In civil society, these can range from self-governancethrough prayer and exercise, family and commercial management,the organization of residential and religious communities, strugglesover turf by street gangs and organized crime networks, to paramilitaryand ‘terrorist’ networks. As radical feminists andevolutionary theorists argue, the core of collective governanceor state government is patriarchal. This is so whether or notthere is an effective sovereign     

Special Edition on Governance and Policing

This edition has a strong focus on governance and policing.Governance has been interpreted here with a broad meaning. Inthe case of Fletcher and Stenson's article on governance inLondon, it encompasses the whole process of government rangingfrom the Metropolitan Police's relationship with national andlocal government, their ability to control and influence theMetropolitan Police and the consequent complexity. Both thetheme and the article are timely. Not only has the UK Governmentin a Green Paper (Home     

Community Policing

I have been involved in trying to deliver effective neighbourhoodpolicing for over 25 years and it has, at times, been a frustratingprofessional challenge. I joined Hampshire Constabulary in 1980as a young history graduate from Oxford University. The ConstabularyI joined was coming to terms with a huge influx of young officersas a result of the Edmund Davies pay awards that had significantlyimproved the pay and conditions of police officers. I founda police force that was in transformation. There were stillmany, particularly in senior management, who had been broughtup in     

论法国警务情报工作体制及对我国公安情报教育的启示

法国的警务情报工作具有自身特色,通过学习和研究法国经验,可以给我们带来如下启示:加强合作与交流、注重情报信息系统建设、突出情报分析的核心地位、确保情报信息安全对我国公安情报工作的重要性;同时,通过加强与实战部门联系、加强情报信息系统建设类的课程教学、加强情报分析的研究和教学、加强情报安全类理论的研究与教学以及优化师资队伍结构有助于提高我国公安情报教育水平。     

Policing of Public Order

Most of this issue focuses upon the policing of public order,a police function performed universally, and yet strangely setapart from ‘normal’ policing. In some jurisdictions,it is the special role of dedicated anti-riot squads, but whetheror not it is performed by specialists or generalist officers,public order feels like a different type of policing. The obvious reasons for this is that most policing is a moreor less solitary activity, in which officers encounter membersof the public as individuals, whereas public order policinginvolves the