UID:
almafu_9958110744302883
Format:
1 online resource (254 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-135-36457-5
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0-585-46139-2
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1-135-36458-3
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1-280-11081-3
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0-203-50084-9
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Policing across the World; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Part 1 An Introduction to Comparative Policing; Introduction; 1 Policing: the World Stage; 2 Approaches to Comparative Analysis: the Impossibility of Becoming an Expert on Everywhere; Part 2 Police Systems Across the World; Introduction; 3 Variations on a Theme: the Development of Professional Police in the British Isles and North America; 4 Internationalization: a Challenge to Police Organizations in Europe
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5 Post-Socialist Policing: Limitations on Institutional Change6 Post-Colonial Systems; 7 Policing in Japan: East Asian Archetype ?; Part 3 Policing Issues in International Perspective; Introduction; 8 Government and Accountability of the Police; 9 Armed and Unarmed Policing; 10 Community Policing as Cherry Pie; 11 Police Services for Crime Victims; 12 Policewomen: an International Comparison; 13 Private Policing: Uniformity and Diversity; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-85728-489-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-85728-488-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203500842
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