| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 268 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The notion of the 'top cop' -- Cloning or culture? The selection and appointment of chief officers -- 'The golden finger': getting and keeping the top jobs -- The challenge of leadership in the police -- Oversight and chief officers' relationships with police authorities, directly elected police crime commissioners, HMIC and the Home Office -- On the nature of experience and exclusivity: the police 'closed shop'. |
| Summary |
Chief police officers make far-reaching strategic command decisions about policing, armed responses, operations against criminals and allocation of resources yet they are often unknown even to their forces. In this social study, Bryn Caless presents their frank and sometimes controversial views. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Police chiefs.
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Police chiefs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caless, Bryn. Policing at the top. Bristol, UK ; Potland, OR : Policy Press 2011 9781447300168 (OCoLC)711044665 |
| ISBN |
9781447300175 (electronic book) |
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1447300173 (electronic book) |
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1283321319 |
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9781283321310 |
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9781447300151 (paperback) |
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9781447300168 |
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