Forward to the past

Reinventing intelligence-led policing in Britain

Bibliographic Data

ID21177683
AuthorsAdrian James (0000-0001-5460-406X, University of Portsmouth, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume15
Issue1
Pages75-88
Publication date2014-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolice Practice and Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1561-4263 • E-ISSN: 1477-271X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15614263.2012.754126
OpenAlexW2082815333
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

Drawing on archival, secondary material and primary research, this paper examines ‘Total Policing’, the strategy recently adopted by London’s Metropolitan Police. It situates that analysis within a critical examination of other innovative policing strategies previously employed in Britain. It argues that the prospects for Total Policing depend upon the resolution of long-standing problems such as: the inadequacy and inefficiency of local intelligence work; the paucity of evidence for the success of commanders’ previous efforts to harness together the component parts of their forces in pursuit of a single mission; and, above all, a seeming inability to learn the lessons of the past

Criminology · Economics · Inefficiency · Intelligence analysis · Metropolitan area · Metropolitan police · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · History · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions

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