This dissertation engages with the literature that examines the Police and Crime Commissioners co... more This dissertation engages with the literature that examines the Police and Crime Commissioners concept. It seeks to establish whether PCC’s are a positive development and examines whether the measures being identified to make such a judgment are more focused on police performance than accountability in its true sense. This dissertation argues that there are two issues. Firstly that the primary measures of accountability, such as transparency and legitimacy, are largely ignored. Secondly that the principle of independence is a key feature of policing and accountability is being lost through politicisation.
This dissertation engages with the literature that examines the Police and Crime Commissioners co... more This dissertation engages with the literature that examines the Police and Crime Commissioners concept. It seeks to establish whether PCC’s are a positive development and examines whether the measures being identified to make such a judgment are more focused on police performance than accountability in its true sense. This dissertation argues that there are two issues. Firstly that the primary measures of accountability, such as transparency and legitimacy, are largely ignored. Secondly that the principle of independence is a key feature of policing and accountability is being lost through politicisation.
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