The Argus: ‘Soapbox: High poll needed to give the new police chief real credibility’

15th November 2012 University  criminologist Professor Peter Squires writes of his fears that the new police commissioners will lead to populist “tough justice”. The Police Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections are to be held today (November 15) but despite the late smattering of advertisements on TV and elsewhere, there is still substantial uncertainty about what these

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