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Sheard, Michael (2016) Police governance in Canada : a parallax perspective. Doctoral thesis, London Metropolitan University.
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Tensions between public expectations for police governance and ethical governance mirror recent spectacular governance failures. Several recent Canadian commissions of inquiry and court cases critical of the police have suggested police governance need to be more direct and assertive. The small numbers of academic studies that focused on the unique field of policing have largely ignored the behaviour of police boards responsible for their governance. More importantly is the apparent lack of attention paid by those responsible for police governance to the criticality of the pluralistic nature of policing itself. This research focuses on police boards in particular and not the police, with particular attention given to the link between their ethical decision-making and public trust. National leads in police governance, representing regional and national boards and board associations from across the country, were interviewed for this research. Eight key aspects of police governance were analyzed, and a number of gaps between current and best practices were identified. Ultimately, a number of recommendations are made to close those gaps, including the contribution of a new universal assessment instrument for police governance: the parallax perspective tool.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Additional Information: | uk.bl.ethos.701016 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | police governance, assessing performance, community trust and accountability, ethics and responsibilities, policy versus operational, political relationships, selection and training, strategic planning, and parallax perspective |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 360 Social problems & services; associations |
| Department: | School of Social Professions (to June 2021) School of Social Sciences and Professions |
| Depositing User: | Mary Burslem |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2016 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2021 16:04 |
| URI: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/1153 |
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