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Policing 2007 1(3):327-341; doi:10.1093/police/pam048
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Copyright © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press.

Continuing the Discussion on Community Policing, Issue 2

Enhancing Accountability in Local Policing

John W. Raine* and Eileen Dunstan**

* Professor of Management in Criminal Justice, University of Birmingham, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK. E-mail: J.W.Raine{at}bham.ac.uk
** Research Fellow, Institute of Local Government Studies, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK. E-mail: E.Dunstan{at}bham.ac.uk

Strengthening accountability in local policing has been a key priority in police reform programmes in most countries in recent years. This paper examines the concept of accountability from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It particularly focuses on the role of deliberation as a component of public accountability and considers the potential of deliberative processes in building more trustful accountability relationships between police and local communities. Having explored different conceptions of accountability, the paper illustrates the arguments by examining six initiatives piloted in England in 2005-06 under the auspices of the Association of Police Authorities (APA) to develop accountability in local policing.


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