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‘Changing policing and policing change’: placing Scotland in a comparative context. Nick Fyfe. Why? Forces for Change. Economic – the search for ‘affordable policing’; Social/managerial – responding to changing patterns of criminality; - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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‘Changing policing and policing change’: placing Scotland in a comparative context
Nick Fyfe
Why? Forces for Change
• Economic – the search for ‘affordable policing’;
• Social/managerial – responding to changing patterns of criminality;
• Political/ideological – reshaping relations between state and civil society.
How? Strategies for Change
• Mergers/centralization/nationalization;
• Decentralization/localism – rolling out the ‘Boris model’?;
• Enhanced collaboration;
• Savings from privatization/co-production.
What is the impact of change? Some cautionary tales about limited research evidence
• The evidence for [restructuring] making a difference, let alone demonstrably improving productivity or outcomes is surprisingly slender… there are no randomized trials, no longitudinal studies of multiple restructuring events or time-series designs and little scientifically acceptable cross-sectional work. (Braithwaite et al, 2005).
What is the impact of change ? Some cautionary tales about the unintended and unexpected…
• Short –term risks to local policing;
• Concerns of partners;
• Governance, accountability and decision-making;
• Careers, competence and culture.
How does reform relate to wider changes and challenges?
• Political sensibilities and professional independence - negotiating the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of policing;
• ‘Policing by consent’ in a world of growing inequality;
• Reducing crime in an era of austerity.
Conclusions
• Profound shifts occurring in the economic. social and political environments of policing across Europe;
• ‘Adapting the Blues’: a long history transitions and transformations;
• Need for a strong narrative about what kind of policing we want in the 21st century.