Journal article
Police oversight in the United Kingdom: The balance of independence and collaboration
International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, Vol.40(3), pp.152-171
2012
Abstract
A key feature of modern policing is external oversight of alleged police misconduct. The present paper focuses on the three UK oversight agencies: the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland (PCCS); and the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI). Document analysis and interviews were utilized to highlight the different models of oversight with regard to the balance of responsibility for complaint investigations. The PONI exemplifies a model of regulatory independence that provides a strong challenge to the very limited PCCS model and intermediate IPCC model. An emerging trend was indentified of co-operation between external and internal agency personnel working towards police reform and areas in which oversight agencies can contribute to reform are presented. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Details
- Title
- Police oversight in the United Kingdom: The balance of independence and collaboration
- Authors
- L E Porter (Author) - Griffith UniversityTimothy Prenzler (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, Vol.40(3), pp.152-171
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2012.03.001
- ISSN
- 1756-0616
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449128502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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