Policing World Society: Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation (Clarendon Studies in Criminology) [Hardcover]

Mathieu Deflem (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0199259623 | ISBN-13: 978-0199259625 | Publication Date: November 2002

This book offers a sociological analysis of the history of international police cooperation in the period from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II. It is a detailed exploration of international cooperation strategies involving police institutions from the United States and Germany as well as other European countries.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Mathieu Deflem's Policing World Society is a highly scholarly and groundbreaking book on a subject largely neglected by social science - the globalization of police work. The book is impressive along various dimensions, including its resourceful historical research and analysis, scientific rigor, theoretical sophistication, and rich and illuminating empirical detail. Without a doubt it will be the premier work on the subject for many years to come.'-Donald Black, University Professor of the Social Sciences at the University of Virginia

"Mathieu Deflem's book on the Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation is a provocative contribution to the fundamental debate among the leading schools in sociology. The writing is very rich in important details and can be read as a parallel history of German and US police institutions." - Law and Politics Book Review

About the Author

Mathieu Deflem is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, and previously helds positions at Purdue University and Kenyon College. A former native of Belgium, he studied sociology and anthropology at universities in Belgium and England, before he migrated to the United States and obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado. His research specialties include international criminal justice, crime and social control, abortion policy, sociolegal studies, and theoretical sociology. Deflem is elected Chair of the Law and Society division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. He is also newsletter editor of the Sociology of Law section of the American Sociological Association, and website developer for the same organization's Comparative and Historical Sociology section.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199259623
• ISBN-13: 978-0199259625
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,932,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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