Policing: The Inner Uniform

By Eccy Jonge

This study explores the inner workings of the police institution, focusing particularly on the treatment of victims and complainants, with case studies drawn from interviews recruited through the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Criminal Justice Studies.
In showing that certain officers act primarily to protect the police institution at the expense of victims, a larger picture emerges revealing that other members of the criminal justice system - in particular, coroners, pathologists and prosecutions act to support these behaviours.
The book acknowledges that not all investigations or police officers are biased or corrupt, and that measures among certain police agencies offer prospect of real change most of all when officers approach crime from the perspective of victims and crime prevention. At the heart of the problem lies a lack of proper training and a deeper malaise where natural empathy is either missing or frowned upon by the criminal justice system.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839092521
• ISBN13: 9781839092527
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Length: 271 Pages