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A Critical Reassessment Of The Development Of British Police Training And Its Contribution To The Furtherance Of The Police Professionalism Agenda, Drawing On Empirical Evidence To Add To A Major Theme Of Police Research: The Theorizations Of Police Legitimacy. 1.professionalism And Police Training -- 2.mission And Challenges -- Defining And Measuring Police Work -- Policing Strategies -- Pace And Suspect Populations -- Racism, Hate Crime, And Terrorism -- Ruptured Communities, Polarization, And Disaffiliation -- Mythologies Of New Governance: More Powers, Fewer Constraints -- 3.twenty-first Century Policing? -- Managerialism And Organizational Structure -- Managerial Agendas -- Technology -- The New Challenges Of Law Enforcement And Order Maintenance -- Community Policing -- 4.the Contemporary Training System -- History Of Training -- Auxiliaries -- Detective Training -- Supervisor And Management Training -- Direct Entry -- 5.the Experience Of Training And Its Aftermath -- Pedagogy -- Socialization -- Wastage And Advancement -- 6.does Training Produce Professional Policing? -- Corruption, Misconduct, And Complaints -- Diversity In The Police Organization -- Sickness And Stress -- Public Confidence And Trust -- Professional Competence And Training -- 7.the New Policing Landscape -- Topography Of The Police Landscape -- Training To Negotiate The New Terrain -- Police And Higher Education -- A Professional Practice?. Nigel G. Fielding. This Edition Previously Issued In Print: 2018. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.