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Policing and devolution in the UK: The ‘special’ case of Wales

Robert Jones Orcid Logo, Michael Harrison Orcid Logo, Trevor Jones

Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume: 17

Swansea University Author: Michael Harrison Orcid Logo

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Political devolution in the UK has been responsible for major legislative changes to police governance, policy, and practice. Although policing in Wales remains formally part of the unitary ‘England and Wales’ system, the devolution of other key policy areas have contributed to the emergence of a di...

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Published in: Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice
ISSN: 1752-4512 1752-4520
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2023
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