Offers a reconsideration of patterns on long-term policymaking and organizational change. Combining theory development, international comparison and original case study analysis, this title develops some of the main models of policy change and offers a revealing long-term view o…
"This book explores policing, regulation, private security and intelligence to understand current transformations in policing. Policing today can no longer be understood only in terms of an organization (the police), but more and more in terms of multi-agency processes. This cou…
With nearly 20 percent of the world's population located in China, what happens there is significant to all nations. Sweeping changes have altered the cultural landscape of China, and as opportunities for wealth have grown in recent years, so have opportunities for crime. Police…
Police reform in China
by Wong, Kam C.
fromAdvances in police theory and practice series
Sweeping changes have altered the cultural landscape of China, and as opportunities for wealth have grown in recent years, so have opportunities for crime. This book provides a rare and insightful glimpse of policing in the midst of such change. It begins with a historical accou…
In this comprehensive study, Jean-Paul Brodeur examines the diversity of the policing web. The study also includes a consideration of military policing both when compatible with the values of democracy and when in opposition.
The police assemblage -- History -- Police images -- Elements of a theory of policing -- Police in uniform -- Police investigation -- High and low policing -- Private security -- Edges of policing.
From the Publisher: Police Use of Force: A Global Perspective is a fascinating, international exploration of police use of force, firearms, and less-than-lethal weapons in nations around the world. The book is comprised of three sections: the first focuses on the use of force ge…
From the Publisher: Police Use of Force: A Global Perspective is a fascinating, international exploration of police use of force, firearms, and less-than-lethal weapons in nations around the world. The book is comprised of three sections: the first focuses on the use of force ge…
