A Most Enduring Problem

Police Complaints Reform in England and Wales

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2114752
AutoresGraham Smith (0000-0002-8537-4241, University of Manchester, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume35
Fascículo1
Páginas121-141
Data de publicação2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279405009323
OpenAlexW2023238909
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas7

This article examines police complaints reform in England and Wales during the course of the last 40 years. In that time, four separate complaints systems have been in operation and each has been established at the end of a reform cycle characterised by stages of mounting public concern, appointment of formal inquiries, the legislative process and inception. Recurrent themes identified over the decades have been the trend towards independence, under-representation of complainants' interests, the longevity of the reform process, and changing police priorities. It is argued that marginalisation of complainants' interests in the reform process is the principal reason for the endurance of the police complaints problematic

Independence (probability theory) · Law reform · Legislative process · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security) · Representation (politics) · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration