Politics of Police Governance

Ali Malik is Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the University of Leeds. He has previously led the policing degree apprenticeship programme at Northumbria University and served as Associate Inspector for HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland.

• Chapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – Developments in Police Governance: From Democracy to EpistocracyChapter 3 – Scottish Police Reform and LocalismChapter 4 – Paradoxes and Dilemmas: Operational Independence and Internal GovernanceChapter 5 – Institutionalising EpistocracyChapter 6 – Conclusion

“This ground breaking and timely study provides not only a compelling analysis of contemporary police governance in Scotland, but a strongly argued case for the values of epistocracy rather than democracy to be at the centre of future police governance arrangements.” Nicholas R. Fyfe, Robert Gordon University