In Search of Civic Policing: Recasting the 'Peelian' Principles
For over a century the so-called 'Peelian' principles have been central to the self-understanding of Anglo-American policing. But these principles are the product of modern state-building and speak only partially to the challenges of urban policing today. In fact, they stand in the way of...
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Springer Netherlands
2014
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| description | For over a century the so-called 'Peelian' principles have been central to the self-understanding of Anglo-American policing. But these principles are the product of modern state-building and speak only partially to the challenges of urban policing today. In fact, they stand in the way of clear thinking and better practice. In this paper, I argue that these principles ought to be radically recast and put to work in new ways. The argument proceeds as follows. First, I recover and outline the current 'Peelian' principles and argue that they lack the specificity, sufficiency and status required in order to do real work in the governance of policing. Second, I make the case for principles both as a regulative ideal guiding our aspirations for what policing can become and as a means of regulating police work in the here-and-now. I then develop a revised set of principles and indicate, in conclusion, how they can guide the formation of trust-producing and democracy-enhancing practices of civic policing. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:00474dc7-543b-45e3-8de8-3da4803b23e22022-03-26T08:28:39ZIn Search of Civic Policing: Recasting the 'Peelian' PrinciplesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:00474dc7-543b-45e3-8de8-3da4803b23e2EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordSpringer Netherlands2014Loader, IFor over a century the so-called 'Peelian' principles have been central to the self-understanding of Anglo-American policing. But these principles are the product of modern state-building and speak only partially to the challenges of urban policing today. In fact, they stand in the way of clear thinking and better practice. In this paper, I argue that these principles ought to be radically recast and put to work in new ways. The argument proceeds as follows. First, I recover and outline the current 'Peelian' principles and argue that they lack the specificity, sufficiency and status required in order to do real work in the governance of policing. Second, I make the case for principles both as a regulative ideal guiding our aspirations for what policing can become and as a means of regulating police work in the here-and-now. I then develop a revised set of principles and indicate, in conclusion, how they can guide the formation of trust-producing and democracy-enhancing practices of civic policing. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. |
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