Global Environment of Policing

Herausgeber: Berlin, Michael M.; Palmer, Darren; Das, Dilip K.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 Environment of Policing is composed of case studies from more than fourteen countries and six continents. Divided into four sections, the book presents contributions from high-level police executives, practitioners, and academics. Policing, Crime Control, and the Community explores community policing in Latin America and the United States and describes the effectiveness of a "zero tolerance" policy in New York City. It also presents a historical case study of policing in Portugal. Policing, Politics, and Democracy examines challenges confronting developing countries, policing in Brazil, police accountability mechanisms in India, and concerns regarding the democratization of policing. Policing: Global Challenges considers a range of contemporary issues within the policing environment, including policing cyberspace, police agencies' striving for legitimacy, how law enforcement policies travel worldwide, and the problems of organized crime and people smuggling. Police Leadership, Management, Education, and Organization reflects on the growing issue of police reform. It discusses the infusion of private sector thinking into state police organizations, conflicts between police unions and management, training and models for police education, and police accountability in Bangladesh. The final chapter draws conclusions about the research presented in the book and provides a window on future concerns. With insight from world leaders in academia and in the fi

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780367864903
• ISBN-10: 0367864908
• Artikelnr.: 58449655

Autorenporträt

Darren Palmer

Inhaltsangabe

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.