Mark Roycroft is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of East London, UK. Prior to his academic role, Mark completed 30 years of police service, where he attained the rank of Acting Superintendent at Colindale Police Station. As a Detective Chief Inspector, Mark had sole responsibility for running the main CID office on a daily basis with further duties including a regular attendance on Multi Agency Protection Panels (MAPPA) and supervising the local Community Safety Team.
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Introduction.- Part I. The Current Model of Policing in the UK.- 1. How do the Police "police" the UK?.- 2. The police function: What do the Police do?.- 3. How are the Police funded in the UK?.- 4. How Information Technology is shaping Policing?.- Part II. Crime and Terrorism: the interviewee's views.- 5. Crime and Terrorism.- Part III. The Individuals; the Chief Constables and PCCs.- 6. The results of interviews with the Chief Constables.- 7. The results of interviews with the Police and Crime Commissioners.- Part IV. The Policing structure, the interviewee's views.- 8. Collaboration and Force restructure.- 9. Accountability and Governance: the role of HMIC and IPCC.- 10. Conclusions: Towards a new model of Policing.