Insights into public management from policing: introduction to the special issue of Public Management Review

This introduction to the special issue aims to bridge the gap between two fields–policing on the one hand and public management on the other–which have seen only sporadic cross-fertilization so far. We begin by outlining the benefits of engaging with policing as a distinctive subject of public management study but one with generalizable and challenging insights for public management. We then provide a brief overview of the papers in the special issue and draw out key themes, which hopefully will inspire academics to engage with policing research as a contribution to public management.