The police
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2019
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Prenzler, T.
Sarre, R.
Christensen, L.
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Hayes, H.
Prenzler, T.
Prenzler, T.
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Source details - Title: An introduction to crime and criminology, 2019 / Hayes, H., Prenzler, T. (ed./s), Ch.15, pp.265-284
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Australian policing has a distinctive state-based structure, but its main day-to-day operations mirror those of police all over the world. As the frontline in law enforcement, police operate an extensive 24/7 public response service, as well as a labour-intensive investigative arm. The basic functions of patrol and investigation have changed little overtime, but in other ways policing is constantly evolving. Australian police have, for the most part, enthusiastically engaged with the latest technologies, whether it be body-worn cameras, DNA databases or online ‘stings’ against suspected child sexual offenders. Over the last three decades police have also been required to take on a new performance measurement regime, new philosophies of ‘community policing’, ‘problem-oriented policing’ and ‘intelligence-led policing’,as well as significant personnel diversification. At the same time that Australian police have adopted many of these new accountabilities, they have also been beset by recurring problems of corruption. Moreover, the limited capacity of police to prevent crime has stimulated the growth of a host of parallel private and public sector policing agencies.
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Copyright 2019 Pearson