Urbanization, Policing, and Security (eBook, ePUB)

Global Perspectives
Redaktion: Cordner, Gary; Cordner, Annmarie; Das, Dilip K.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Through the lens of urbanization, this book examines crime, policing, and security issues around the world. International academic and police leaders contribute their perspectives on a diverse range of overlapping and complementary topics, from special problems to global challenges. Covering studies on major cities in more than 18 countries, this text explores the role of urbanization in security and global concerns such as transnational crime, racial profiling, and information sharing. The book also explores responses to urban problems associated with police and security, including human rights activism and police reform.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040220948
• Artikelnr.: 72583948

Autorenporträt

Gary Cordner is professor emeritus at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Policing and Urbanization. URBAN SECURITY PROBLEMS.
Urbanization and Crime in Cameroon. .Urbanization and Security in Kampala
City, Uganda. Urbanization, Policing, and Safety in Serbia. Urbanization
and Security in Russia. Spatial Determinants of Crime in Poland. Drug
Problems in Peshawar, Pakistan. Organized Crime in South Africa. Organized
Crime and Safety in Azerbaijan. Traffic Administration in Hyderabad, India.
Urban Mass Evacuation in the United States. POLICE RESPONSES. Reforming
Policing in Victoria, Australia. Urbanization and Community Policing in
Nigeria. Policing Multiethnic Societies. Urbanization, Security, and Human
Rights. Policing Protests in New York City. Urban Crime and Criminal
Investigation in Slovenia. Police Cooperation in International Drug
Investigations in North America. Information Sharing between Police and
Intelligence Agencies. PRIVATE SECURITY RESPONSES. Public-Private
Partnerships in Los Angeles. Post 9/11 Port Security in Houston, Texas.
Private Security in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Private Security in South
Africa. Body Guarding in South Africa. Urbanization and Security: Moving
Forward, Key Themes, and Challenges. Index.