1st Edition

Global Environment of Policing

Edited By Darren Palmer, Michael M. Berlin, Dilip K. Das Copyright 2012
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

359 Pages
by Routledge

Police organizations across the globe are experiencing major changes. Many nations cope with funding constraints as pressures within their societies, terrorism and transnational crime, and social and political transformations necessitate a more democratic form of policing. Drawn from the proceedings at the International Police Executive Symposium in Prague and other IPES projects, Global... Read more

Policing, Crime Control and the Community. The Impact of International Models of Policing in Latin America: The Case of Community Policing. The Evolution, Decline, and Nascent Transformation of Community Policing in the United States: 1980–2010. Zero Tolerance Policing in Democracies: The Dilemma of Controlling Crime Without Increasing Police Abuse of Power. In Search of a Police System: From the Quadrilheiros to a Democratic Police System. Policing, Politics and Democracy. Policing in Brazil at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Severe Challenges in Developing Countries. Adoption of Accountability and Oversight Mechanisms: The Case of the Indian Police. Tracing the Diffusion of Policing Governance Models From the British Isles and Back Again: Some Directions for Democratic Reform in Troubled Times. Policing: Global Challenges. Policing Cybercrimes: Situating the Public Police in Networks of Security Within Cyberspace. Police Memory as a Global Policing Movement. Creating Institutions: Linking the ‘Local’ and the ‘Global’ in the Travel of Crime Policies. The Italian Mafias and Migrant Smuggling. Police Leadership, Management, Education and Organization: Issues and Trends. Converging Corporatization? Police Management, Police Unionism, and the Transfer of Business Principles. Evaluation of Motivating Incentives on Performance of Police Personnel at Tema Community. New Strategic Directions in Police Education: An Australian Case Study. Oversight Mechanism for Law Enforcement: The Experience of Bangladesh. Conclusion: The Global Environment of Policing. Index.

Biography

Darren Palmer