Comparative Policing

A unique approach to studying police forces around the globe.

"A wonderful resource, user friendly and very well written." - Timothy J. HoroholJohn Jay College

A unique approach to studying police forces around the globe

How do police forces around the world move toward democratization of their operations and responses? Analyzing police forces from 12 different countriesComparative Policing: The Struggle for Democratization assesses the stages of each country based on the author′s development of a "Continuum of Democracy" scale.

Key Features
Using five basic themes, this book uses the following criteria to rank and evaluate where each country falls on the continuum, clarifying how policing practices differ:
· History of a democratic form of government
· Level of corruption within governmental organizations and the oversight mechanisms in place
· Scope of and response to civil disobedience
· Organization structures of police departments
· Operational responses to terrorism and organized crime

Intended Audience: This unique analysis of policing is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in Comparative Criminal Justice, Police Studies, Policing and Society, and Terrorism in departments of criminal justice, criminology, sociology, and government.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction - Policing Is Hard on Democracy, or Democracy Is Hard on Policing? - M. R. Haberfeld, Lior Gideon
Chapter 2. The Chinese Police - Yue Ma
Chapter 3. Neofeudal Aspects of Brazil′s Public Security - Benjamin Nelson Reames
Chapter 4. Paths to Fairness, Effectiveness, and Democratic Policing in Mexico - Benjamin Nelson Reames
Chapter 5. Postconflict Democratization of the Police: The Sierra Leone Experience - Stuart Cullen, William H. McDonald
Chapter 6. Policing the Russian Federation - Peter Roudik
Chapter 7. Emergence of Modern Indian Policing: From Mansabdari to Constabulary - Farrukh Hakeem
Chapter 8. Democratization of Policing: The Case of the Turkish Police - Ibrahim Cerrah
Chapter 9. Traditional Policing in an Area of Increasing Homeland Concerns: The Case of the Israeli Police - Lior Gideon, Ruth Geva, Sergio Herzog
Chapter 10. The French Police System: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place - The Tension of Serving Both the State and the Public - Benoit Dupont
Chapter 11. United Kingdom: Democratic Policing - Global Change From a Democratic Perspective - Matt Long, Stuart Cullen
Chapter 12. Democratic Policing: The Canadian Experience - Curtis Clarke
Chapter 13. Democracy′s Double Edge: Police and Procedure in the United States - Anders Walker
Chapter 14. International Cooperation in Policing: A Partial Answer to the Query? - Maria (Maki) Haberfeld, William McDonald, and Agostino von Hassell
Appendix A: Atlas of Regional Maps