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Policing in France (Paperback)
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Policing in France (Paperback)
Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice
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The eminent contributors to a new collection, Policing in France,
provide an updated and realistic picture of how the French police
system really works in the 21st century. In most international
comparisons, France typifies the "Napoleonic" model for policing,
one featuring administrative and political centralization, a strong
hierarchical structure, distance from local communities, and a high
priority on political policing. France has undergone a process of
pluralization in the last 30 years. French administrative and
political decentralization has reemphasized the role of local
authorities in public security policies; the private security
industry has grown significantly; and new kinds of governing models
(based on arrangements such as contracts for service provision)
have emerged. In addition, during this period, police organizations
have been driven toward central government control through the
imposition of performance indicators, and a top-down decision was
made to integrate the national gendarmerie into the Ministry of
Interior. The book addresses how police legitimacy differs across
socioeconomic, generational, territorial, and ethnic lines. An
analysis of the policing of banlieues (deprived neighborhoods)
illustrates the convergence of contradictory police goals, police
violence, the concentration of poverty, and entrenched opposition
to the states' representatives, and questions policing strategies
such as the use of identity checks. The collection also frames the
scope of community policing initiatives required to deal with the
public's security needs and delves into the security challenges
presented by terrorist threats and the nuances of the relationship
between policing and intelligence agencies. Identifying and
explaining the diverse challenges facing French police
organizations and how they have been responding to them, this book
draws upon a flourishing French-language literature in history,
sociology, political science, and law to produce this new
English-language synthesis on policing in France. This book is a
valuable resource for researchers and practitioners working in and
around French policing, as well as students of international law
enforcement.
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