Crawford, Adam orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-5977 (2024) Vulnerability and Policing:Rethinking the Role and Limits of the Police. Political Quarterly. ISSN 1467-923X
Abstract
Police are increasingly called upon to manage a host of social ills and vulnerable people, often filling gaps left by the withdrawal of other public and third sector services. Yet, there remains a distinct lack of critical assessment of what problems the police are expected to solve and whether they are the most appropriate agency to do so. This paper highlights the need to rethink policing through multilateral networks that explicitly locate police within broader tasks of public safety and the protection of vulnerable citizens. It argues for a whole-system response that harnesses the roles of diverse public, private and voluntary organisations and clarifies the parameters of police within that system. It explores the opportunities and challenges that attend to delimiting the police role through recent developments and debates concerning responses to mental health-related problems and the ‘Right Care, Right Person’ Agreement. It concludes with some thoughts on how we might recast, through the lens of vulnerability, a decentred role for police within a wider system of public safety.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2024 09:10 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 19:47 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:209111 |
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