| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Policing : the world stage / David H. Bayley -- Approaches to comparative analysis : the impossibility of becoming an expert on everywhere / R.I. Mawby -- Variations on a theme : the development of professional police in the British Isles and North America / R.I. Mawby -- Internationalization : a challenge to police organizations in Europe / M.G.W. den Boer -- Post-socialist policing : limitations on institutional change / Louise I. Shelley -- Post-colonial systems / Bankole A. Cole -- Policing in Japan : East Asian archetype? / F. Leishman -- Government and accountability of the police / B. Loveday --Armed and unarmed policing / P.A.J. Waddington -- Community policing as cherry pie / M. Brogden -- Police services for crime victims / R.I. Mawby -- Policewomen : an international comparison / J. Brown, A. Hazenberg and C. Ormiston -- Private policing : uniformity and diversity / L. Johnston. |
| Summary |
This wide-ranging text provides an overview of policing across different societies, and considers the issues facing the US and British police in a wider international context. The book is designed as a coherent introduction to the police. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Police -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Police. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Police. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mawby, R.I. Policing across the world. London : UCL Press ; New York : Distributed in North America by Garland Pub., 1999 (DLC) 99175617 |
| ISBN |
9780203500842 |
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0203500849 |
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9781857284881 (hardback) |
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1857284887 (hardback) |
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9781857284898 (PB) |
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1857284895 (PB) |
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1857284895 (PB) |
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0585461392 (electronic book) |
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9780585461397 (electronic book) |
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