Two Realities of Police Communication

Doyle, Aaron; Ericson, Richard V.

doi:10.1002/9780470998960.ch25

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“…The influence of communication formats in police decision making is under-researched, although it has been given some consideration in studies of information technology and policing (Manning, 1988(Manning, , 1992(Manning, , 2001Ericson and Haggerty, 1997;Chan et al, 2001) and police and mass media (Ericson et al, 1987(Ericson et al, , 1989(Ericson et al, , 1991Altheide, 1993;Surette, 1997;Doyle, 2003;Doyle and Ericson, 2004). I will consider three types of communication format that influence police discretion.…”

Section: Within the Rules: Communication Formatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rules in policing

Ericson

2007

Theoretical Criminology

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This article examines five perspectives on how rules relate to police power and discretion. Each perspective is appreciated for its heuristic value, depending upon the types of rules in question and the pragmatic circumstances faced in police decisions. At the same time, it is argued that policing is undergoing rapid transformation involving a new division of labor with regulatory agencies and private police, an attendant reconfiguration of the principles, standards and procedures of criminal law and the rise of surveillance-based control without the law. This 'counter-law' environment of policing networks, legal exceptions and surveillance technologies is increasingly relied upon to ensure that the police are watched as well as watchers and the bearers of their own control.

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Section: Within the Rules: Communication Formatsmentioning

confidence: 99%