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Policing in France

Advances in Police Theory and Practice

Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 3rd Aug 2020
Dimensions: w 152mm h 231mm d 20mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN-10: 0367135248
ISBN-13: 9780367135249
Barcode No: 9780367135249
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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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"Policing in France is a useful and important read. It illustrates that the divide between Anglo-Saxon conceptions of policing by consent and Francophone conceptions of policing as a national security endeavor are abstractions-both traditions have much in common and face similar challenges in serving their communities. It should be on the shelves of any police library, in the offices of police strategists, and the topic of discussion in professional education for police commanders and executives worldwide."

John P. Sullivan, Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the University of Southern California, in Journal of Strategic Security 15:1