Abstract
Abstract This Chapter is concerned with the nature of police powers in England and Australia. The focus is not on specific powers (although some are discussed as examples) but rather on ‘police powers’ as a concept. Issues discussed include the origins and development of police powers, the relationship between powers and duties, the role of powers in policing practices, the legal concept of police powers, and the utility of changing police powers in response to concerns about crime and disorder. The argument running through what follows is that police powers cannot usefully be considered in legalistic isolation. What a power means is usually defined (at least in part) by how it is used. In this sense, police powers and policing practices can not be clearly distinguished.
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