F*ck the Police!

police accountability: an appropriate model for improving the relationship between the police and the people

always, accountability has been a key concept in public administration; but accountability in street-level bureaucracies where people have a daily contact with bureaucrats is of particular importance. the police are among these organizations which their accountability plays a pivotal role in obtaining public trust. the purpose of this study, which was carried out in the police stations of the s...

Medical police. Politics and police: the fate of John Roberton.

IT is difficult to imagine a case more deserving of detailed historical analysis than that of John Roberton (1776-1840), a surgeon who practised as a specialist in the treatment of venereal disease in two European capitals' yet is linked to a subject, medical police, which, on close examination, occupied a fraction of his known professional life. Despite his widely published popular works on ve...

The Police Perspective

TO EXAMINE CHANGING PATTERNS OF HOMICIDE, STATISTICAL DATA WHICH IS gathered by the investigators or through the judicial process is generally relied upon. Available statistics indicate little change in the number of reported homicides in Victoria in recent years. Likewise, it is generally recognised that 'domestic' murders account for a significant percentage of the annual homicide figures. No...

Dealing with the police.

The majority of accident and emergency (A&E) departments have a good working relationship with the police, based on a mutual understanding of the conflicts which arise from the need, on one hand, to treat patients with confidentiality and on the other hand, the role of the police in maintaining law and order. In A&E work we need police help for many reasons, not least of which is staff and pati...

The Police Role: Studies of Male and Female Police