Alan Wrightwas formerly a police officer with the Metropolitan Police. He later lectured at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University.

• 1. Introduction  2. Policing as rational function: back to basics?  3. Keeping order: policing as social control  4. Policing as crime investigation  5. Policing as the management of risk  6. Policing as community justice  7. Policing as a public good  8. Policing futures

Alan Wrightwas formerly a police officer with the Metropolitan Police. He later lectured at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University.

• 1. Introduction  2. Policing as rational function: back to basics?  3. Keeping order: policing as social control  4. Policing as crime investigation  5. Policing as the management of risk  6. Policing as community justice  7. Policing as a public good  8. Policing futures

Alan Wrightwas formerly a police officer with the Metropolitan Police. He later lectured at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University.

• 1. Introduction  2. Policing as rational function: back to basics?  3. Keeping order: policing as social control  4. Policing as crime investigation  5. Policing as the management of risk  6. Policing as community justice  7. Policing as a public good  8. Policing futures