Plural Policing in the Global North: Insights into Concepts, Aspects and Practices [Hardcover]

The volume brings together an international group of authors discussing basic concepts and approaches to plural policing as well as aspects and practices of plural policing in specific locations. The context comes from the fact that policing activities are nowadays performed by a growing number and variety of police and non-police stakeholders. This development is internationally discussed as pluralisation of policing or plural policing. This book provides insights into plural policing across different countries of the global North. It looks at day-to-day security which is mainly produced at the local level, and where there is considerable diversity in philosophy and practice. Therefore, it allows learnings for possible future developments in the field. This volume contributes to policing studies and is of interest to the wide range of academics dealing with questions of security and order, as well as policy makers and practitioners working on security in their regions.

- Plural Policing in the Global North. - Part I Concepts of Plural Policing in the Global North. - The Contradictory Institutionalization of Plural Policing in Continental Europe: A Comparative Perspective. - A Taxonomy of Plural Policing in the United States. - Plural Policing in GermanyHeterogeneity and the Contingency of Its Making. - Part II Practices of Plural Policing. - Plural Policing of Immigrant Neighbourhoods in Germany: An Understanding of the Concept and Resulting Recommendations for Action. - Supporting and Developing Police Support Volunteers in a Large Urban Constabulary in England, UK. - Volunteer Police Services in Germany: Two Case Studies on Goals and Underlying Forms of Legitimacy. - Plural Policing in Norway: Regulation, Collaboration, and the Public Interests. - Part III Additional Aspects of Plural PoliclÃ4