The volume brings together an international group of authors discussing basic concepts and approaches to plural policing as well as aspects and practices of plural policing in specific locations. The context comes from the fact that policing activities are nowadays performed by a growing number and variety of police and non-police stakeholders.

- Plural Policing in the Global North. - Part I Concepts of Plural Policing in the Global North. - The Contradictory Institutionalization of Plural Policing in Continental Europe: A Comparative Perspective. - A Taxonomy of Plural Policing in the United States. - Plural Policing in Germany—Heterogeneity and the Contingency of Its Making. - Part II Practices of Plural Policing. - Plural Policing of Immigrant Neighbourhoods in Germany: An Understanding of the Concept and Resulting Recommendations for Action. - Supporting and Developing Police Support Volunteers in a Large Urban Constabulary in England, UK. - Volunteer Police Services in Germany: Two Case Studies on Goals and Underlying Forms of Legitimacy. - Plural Policing in Norway: Regulation, Collaboration, and the Public Interests. - Part III Additional Aspects of Plural Policing. - Pluralized Narratives of Security: Descriptive Insights from the PrivateIndustry. - Trust in Private Security: Current Research in Finland. - “If You Put Two Lazy People Together or Two Stupid People Together, You Don’t Get Much Out of It”. A German Case Study on Plural Policing and Crime-Related Feelings of (In-)Security in an Inner-City Area. - Empirical Insights into the Complexity of a Pluralised Security Work: “It Is Very Complex, Which of Course Also Does Not Always Work Completely Smoothly”.

The volume brings together an international group of authors discussing basic concepts and approaches to plural policing as well as aspects and practices of plural policing in specific locations. The context comes from the fact that policing activities are nowadays performed by a growing number and variety of police and non-police stakeholders. This development is internationally discussed as ‘pluralisation of policing’ or plural policing. This book provides insights into plural policing across different countries of the global North. It looks at day-to-day security which is mainly produced at the local level, and where there is considerable diversity in philosophy and practice. Therefore, it allows learnings for possible future developments in the field. This volume contributes to policing studies and is of interest to the wide range of academics dealing with questions of security and order, as well as policy makers and practitioners working on security in their regions.

Combines the international comparative perspective with a local level analysis Through multi-country local examples, reveals many possibilities in pluralising policing Brings together international scholars who complement, update and expand the existing literature