Table of Contents

Police governance and policing policy-making; ACPO - an introduction; the changing role of ACPO - cultural and organizational formulation; becoming an ACPO member - selection and training for senior managers in the police service; ACPO and policy-shaping at the local level; ACPO and policing policy - the politics of representation and national policy making; ACPO - getting their act together?

About the Author

Stephen Savage is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth. Sarah Charman is Lecturer in Criminology in the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth. Stephen Cope is Principal Lecturer in Public Policy in the School of Social and Historical Studies, University of Portsmouth.