This wide-ranging text provides an overview of policing across different societies, and considers the issues facing the US and British police in a wider international context. The book is designed as a coherent introduction to the police.
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'The book is extremely easy to follow ... an excellent reference for those who want to understand the issues surrounding the value of comparing police forces across the world and also in understanding the way history has forged different approaches to policing across the globe.' - Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
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The comparative study of the police is viewed as an exotic frill in the professional study of criminal justice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
commercial policing, felons associations, oriented police work, armed policing, koban system, colonial policing, undercover policing, constabulary independence, civil policing, colonial police forces, mass private property, public order policing, policing arrangements, policing issues, community policing, centralization tendencies, political policing, police studies, private policing, women officers, cop culture, police systems, policing systems, former socialist states, policing philosophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Home Office, United States, Northern Ireland, North America, Manchester University Press, Eastern Europe, British Isles, Home Secretary, Cambridge University Press, New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Soviet Union, Department of Justice, East Asian, European Union, Clarendon Press, West Africa, Los Angeles, National Institute of Justice, Police Foundation, South Africa, Member States, Police Review, United Kingdom New!
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The comparative study of the police is viewed as an exotic frill in the professional study of criminal justice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
commercial policing, felons associations, oriented police work, armed policing, koban system, colonial policing, undercover policing, constabulary independence, civil policing, colonial police forces, mass private property, public order policing, policing arrangements, policing issues, community policing, centralization tendencies, political policing, police studies, private policing, women officers, cop culture, police systems, policing systems, former socialist states, policing philosophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Home Office, United States, Northern Ireland, North America, Manchester University Press, Eastern Europe, British Isles, Home Secretary, Cambridge University Press, New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Soviet Union, Department of Justice, East Asian, European Union, Clarendon Press, West Africa, Los Angeles, National Institute of Justice, Police Foundation, South Africa, Member States, Police Review, United Kingdom New!
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- The Home Office by Links International on 6 pages
- England and Wales (Signpost Guides) by Lindsay Hunt on page 141, and page 216
- Crime and Justice, Volume 27: A Review of Research (Crime and Justice: A Review of Research) by Michael Tonry on page 54, and page 185
- European Union (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information on page 7, and page 60
- Policing the European Union (Clarendon Studies in Criminology) by Malcolm Anderson on page 73, and page 74
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- Community Policing (B) by Mike Brogden on 4 pages
- State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption by Penny Green in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Democratic Policing in Transitional And Developing Countries (Interdisciplinary Research Series in Ethnic, Gender and Class Relations) (Interdisciplinary ... in Ethnic, Gender and Class Relations) by Nathan Pino in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women in Charge by Marisa Silvestri in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Criminal Justice and Political Cultures by Tim Newburn on page 76, and page 77
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