Future perspectives in policing: A crisis or a perfect storm: The trouble with public policing?

Abstract

Public policing is in a deep crisis which has been precipitated by the combination of fiscal austerity, falling crimes and changing crime patterns. The crisis is affecting the legitimacy of the institution and requires a new approach from police leaders. The new approach proposed centres around the police taking ownership of the science of policing and building new professional practice based around evidence and supported by a reformed police education.