'Standing on the inside looking out': The significance of police unions in networks of police governance

dc.contributor.authorFleming, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorMarks, Monique
dc.contributor.authorWood, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:47:28Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T11:51:48Z
dc.description.abstractScholars and practitioners now recognise the importance of 'governing through networks' if policing agendas are to be promoted effectively and democratically. Central to such an agenda of networked governance is the identification or creation of community-based structures and processes that can be harnessed by, and linked to, other forms of governance in furtherance of security outcomes. However, notions of community have generally been limited to the 'communities' outside of police organisations. This article explores the idea of a police union as 'a community of interest'. We suggest that police unions are 'communities' that have the potential to impact significantly on the governance of security. As 'insider groupings' police unions are engaged in complex networks of police management, policy decision-makers and civil society groupings both at the national and international level. Given their organisational status, police unions have the potential to constitute themselves as active, forward-thinking social agencies within policing network arrangements. But, in order to do this they need to move beyond the demands of their conservative social base and their preoccupation with industrial issues and embrace the changing world of policing. In addition, they may need to network with a range of agencies beyond the security industry such as social justice groupings and the broad trade union movement.
dc.identifier.issn0004-8658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/26082
dc.publisherAustralian Academic Press Pty Ltd
dc.sourceAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology
dc.title'Standing on the inside looking out': The significance of police unions in networks of police governance
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage89
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage71
local.contributor.affiliationFleming, Jenny, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationMarks, Monique, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationWood, Jennifer, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidFleming, Jenny, u4055051
local.contributor.authoruidMarks, Monique, u4056988
local.contributor.authoruidWood, Jennifer, u4096208
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160201 - Causes and Prevention of Crime
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4441299xPUB42
local.identifier.citationvolume39
local.identifier.doi10.1375/acri.39.1.71
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33646238692
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4441299
local.type.statusPublished Version

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