Description
Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with the place of communication in the troubled relations between the police and young people. Ian Loader presents a forceful critique of managerialism and, from the perspective of critical theory, outlines an alternative way of thinking about policing.
Trade Review'In engaging both with young people's experiences of policing, and with the practical issues of how to make their voices heard and of influence, Loader provides a provocative prescription for future arrangements for police governance. This is a valuable book which ought to lead to much more work in this area. Through its example it ought to prompt criminologists working in this field to endeavour to think both theoretically and pragmatically about democratic control of policing.' - Tim Newburn, British Journal of Criminology
Table of ContentsPreface - Introduction - Policing and the Youth Question: Against Managerialism - Communicative Action, Democracy and Social Research - The Uses and Meanings of Public Space: Belonging, Identity and Safety - Policing Public Space: The Over-Control and Under-Protection of Youth - Transitions in Trouble: Fragmentation, Inclusion and Marginalisation - Talking Blues: Youth, the Police and Prospects for Communication - Towards Discursive Policing - Bibliography - Index
