A KEY WORK IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE LEADERSHIP What are the special challenges of police leadership?What can be learnt from leadership theory in general?To what extent is police leadership in permanent crisis?In Police Leadership in the Twenty-first Century the editors have brought together a collection of authoritative and innovative contributions to show that: . leadership is less of a mystery than is often supposed. much mainstream leadership theory can be adapted to police leadership. the qualities required by police leaders can be developed by education and training.The book looks at the extensive research on the topic and concludes by suggesting certain simple but fundamental rules -or 'Golden Rules' - for police leaders. and "