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Comparative Policing Issues - The British and American Experience in International Perspective (Hardcover)
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Comparative Policing Issues - The British and American Experience in International Perspective (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Police and Policing
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Originally published in 1990, Comparative Policing Issues was the
first introductory text to consider key issues in the policing of
modern societies from an international, comparative perspective.
The author begins with a discussion of policing itself and
considers how the modern police force has emerged. Separate
sections then focus on France and the Netherlands as examples of
Western European societies: Canada and Hong Kong as influenced by
the colonial tradition; Japan as an Eastern capitalist society; and
the USSR, China and Cuba as contrasting examples of communist
police systems. These and other countries are then considered in
terms of the relationship between the police and the communities
they 'serve'. Critical issues addressed include the following: Are
communist and capitalist systems of policing significantly
different? What lessons are to be learnt from Japan, with its low
crime rate? How accountable are the police in different societies,
and to whom? To what extent is the 'character' of the police in any
society determined by the wider culture, and social and political
structure of that society? How practicable is it to transfer ideas
about policing from one society to another? The lowering of
barriers within the European community and the return of Hong Kong
to China are just two examples of the need for a comparative
analysis of policing. Students of criminology and police studies,
and police and others working in the criminal justice system will
find this book an invaluable resource.
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