Bringing together a range of leading social scientists and criminologists, this volume explores a number of key themes raised by the work of Robert Reiner. Arguably the leading policing scholar of his generation, Reiner's work over some 40 years has ranged broadly in this field, taking in the study of police history, culture, organisation, elites and relationships with the media. Always carefully situated within an analysis of the changing socio-political circumstances of policing and crime control, Robert Reiner's scholarship has been path-breaking in its impact.The 13 original essays in this volume are testament to Reiner's influence. Although reflecting the primarily British bent within his work, the essays also draw on contributors from Australia, Europe, South Africa and the United States to explore some of the leading debates of the moment. These include, but are not limited to, the impact of neo-liberalism on crime control and the challenges for modern social democracy; police culture, equality and political economy; new media and the future of policing; youth, policing and democracy, and the challenges and possibilities posed by globalisation in the fields of policing and security.

1 Robert Reiner: An Intellectual Portrait Tim Newburn and Paul Rock2 Beyond Lamentation: Towards a Democratic Egalitarian Politics of Crime and Justice Ian Loader and Richard Sparks3 'Race', Political Economy and the Coercive State Ben Bowling, Coretta Phillips and James Sheptycki4 Developments in Police Research: Views from Across the North Sea Bob Hoogenboom and Maurice Punch5 Cop Culture PAJ Waddington6 From Juliet to Jane: Women Police in TV Cop Shows, Reality, Rank and Careers Frances Heidensohn and Jennifer Brown7 Trial by Media: Riots, Looting, Gangs and Mediatised Police Chiefs Chris Greer and Eugene McLaughlin8 'The Anvil' in the Information Age: Police, Politics and Media Martin Innes and Roger Graef9 Drama, the Police and the Sacred Peter K Manning10 Something Old, Something New; Something Not Entirely Blue: Uneven and Shifting Modes of Crime Control Michael Levi and Mike Maguire11 Democracy and Police and Crime Commissioners Trevor Jones, Tim Newburn and David J Smith12 Waiting for Ingleby: the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility - a Red Line Issue? David Downes and Rod Morgan13 The Shifting Boundaries of Policing: Globalisation and its Possibilities Philip C Stenning and Clifford D Shearing