Police Leadership ─ Rising to the Top

In this era of ever more complex policing issues and the changing nature of policing itself, senior police officers face a never-ending challenge to keep up not only with the latest reforms, but also with the latest research.

Police Leadership: Rising to the Top looks at policing from the dual perspectives of academics and senior police practitioners, and creates a conversation between them about the issues, reforms, and research. It provides authoritative surveys of fields such as leadership, community engagement, change management, utilizing policing research, and multi-agency working. Each leadership issue is allocated a chapter, with academic contributors presenting key ideas and concepts in their area of expertise, identifying leading contributions and research studies, and offering concise reviews of some of the most important literature in policing scholarship. This academic knowledge is juxtaposed with the views of senior police practitioners, who provide their own local knowledge and stories, reflecting on their achievements and challenges in leadership roles. Taken together, these discussions build bridges between the two worlds by encouraging 'shared reflections' that consider the importance of theory and practice for future leaders.

Jenny Fleming, Institute of Criminal Justice Research, University of Southampton

Professor Jenny Fleming joined the University of Southampton as Professor of Criminology in 2012 where she is also the Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Research. Professor Fleming's expertise lies in collaborative research covering such topics as police partnerships, police leadership and management. She is interested in organizational imperatives that impact on the way in which 'police do business' and has published widely in this area. She is the co-author ofFighting Crime Together: The Challenges of Policing and Security Networks (with Jennifer Wood) andThe Sage Dictionary of Policing (with Alison Wakefield). Professor Fleming is the Editor-in-Chief ofPolicing and Society, an international journal of research and policy, the leading policing peer-reviewed journal in the UK. Professor Fleming is part of the University Consortium in partnership with the College of Policing, supporting a programme for the newly established What Works Centre for Crime Reduction.