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‘Changing policing and policing change’: placing Scotland in a comparative context

‘Changing policing and policing change’: placing Scotland in a comparative context. Nick Fyfe. Why? Forces for Change. Economic – the search for ‘affordable policing’; Social/managerial – responding to changing patterns of criminality;

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‘Changing policing and policing change’: placing Scotland in a comparative context

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  1. ‘Changing policing and policing change’: placing Scotland in a comparative context Nick Fyfe

  2. Why? Forces for Change • Economic – the search for ‘affordable policing’; • Social/managerial – responding to changing patterns of criminality; • Political/ideological – reshaping relations between state and civil society.

  3. How? Strategies for Change • Mergers/centralization/nationalization; • Decentralization/localism – rolling out the ‘Boris model’?; • Enhanced collaboration; • Savings from privatization/co-production.

  4. What is the impact of change? Some cautionary tales about limited research evidence • The evidence for [restructuring] making a difference, let alone demonstrably improving productivity or outcomes is surprisingly slender… there are no randomized trials, no longitudinal studies of multiple restructuring events or time-series designs and little scientifically acceptable cross-sectional work. (Braithwaite et al, 2005).

  5. What is the impact of change ? Some cautionary tales about the unintended and unexpected… • Short –term risks to local policing; • Concerns of partners; • Governance, accountability and decision-making; • Careers, competence and culture.

  6. How does reform relate to wider changes and challenges? • Political sensibilities and professional independence - negotiating the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of policing; • ‘Policing by consent’ in a world of growing inequality; • Reducing crime in an era of austerity.

  7. Conclusions • Profound shifts occurring in the economic. social and political environments of policing across Europe; • ‘Adapting the Blues’: a long history transitions and transformations; • Need for a strong narrative about what kind of policing we want in the 21st century.

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