Policing in Smart Societies

<div><div><div>Smart societies pose&nbsp;new challenges for&nbsp;police organizations. Demands for more efficiency and effectiveness&nbsp;test&nbsp;police organizations&nbsp;which&nbsp;are often resistant to change. This book&nbsp;uses the concept of the&nbsp;abstract police to describe the way in which police organizations have tried to adapt to these new evolutions and the consequences.&nbsp;The chapters stem from a conference called “Street Policing in a Smart Society” which sought to frame and analyse these developments in policing. In this book, the concept of the abstract police is&nbsp;introduced, analysed&nbsp;and then challenged from different angles, looking at&nbsp;the&nbsp;evolutions related to technology, plural policing, police discretion and police decision making. As such, the book is a reflection of current debates on policing and police organization, aiming to give input to the debate by providing new insights on police and police work.<br></div></div></div>