1. From the Editor-in-Chief Dilip K. Das
2. Remarks by the Guest Editors John Crank and Colleen Kadleck
3. The challenges to developing democratic policing in post-Soviet societies: the Russian experience Adrian Beck and Annette Robertson
4. Venezuela: the shifting organizational framework for the police Christopher Birkbeck
5. Canadian crime control in the new millennium: the influence of neo-conservative US policies and practices Walter S. DeKeseredy
6. Afghanistan at a crossroads: the quest for democratic policing in a post-9/11 era Connie M. Koski
7. Reforming La Policía: looking to the future of policing in Mexico Anthony P. LaRose and Sean A. Maddan
8. The futures of policing African states Otwin Marenin
9. Policing in an era of uncertainty Janet Ransley and Lorraine Mazerolle
10. Trends in police research: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2006 literature Brad Bartholomew, Jennifer Gibbs, David Mazeika, Eileen Ahlin, Patricia Joseph and Noah Miller
11. The USA: the next big thing John P. Crank, Colleen Kadleck and Connie M. Koski
12. International Police Executive Symposium
Biography
Dr John Crank received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1987 and is currently employed at University of Nebraska, Omaha in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His work focuses primarily on police issues, culture, and organizational practices. He has published six books, receiving ACJS outstanding book award for Imagining Justice. He is currently at work on the book Mission-Based Policing, a new model of police structure and practice that integrates current trends and represents a break from traditional, calls for service policing deployment practices. He has also published 52 papers in refereed scholarly journals.
Dilip K. Das is the President of the International Police Executive Symposium (www.ipes.info), Editor-in-Chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, Human Rights Consultant to the United Nations and Professor of Criminal Justice.
