Newburn, Tim and Jones, Trevor (1999) The police and the new magistracy: independent members and the new police authorities. Liverpool Law Review, 21 (2/3). pp. 241-259. ISSN 0144932X
Abstract
Independent appointed members to police authorities were introduced as part of the reforms brought about by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994. This radical change to the make-up of police authorities was defended by government ministers as a necessary reform in order to broaden the expertise and experience available in such bodies. Critics, by contrast, saw the change as a move to further centralise control, and as a means of reducing local democratic input, over policing. Using data from a national telephone survey of police authority clerks, and case studies of three police force areas, this article examines the role of `independent' appointed members to local police authorities. We argue that the early signs are that the new members are becoming well integrated into police authorities, although such bodies have been significantly depoliticised as a result of this and other changes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://link.springer.com/journal/10991 |
| Additional Information: | © 1999 Springer |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Sets: | Departments > Social Policy Research centres and groups > Mannheim Centre for Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2015 14:20 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61289/ |
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