Comparative Problems of Policing: Interviews With Nineteen Police Leaders from Different Nations

by Dilip K. Das (Editor), Otwin Marenin (Editor), Maximilian Edelbacher (Contributor)

Das (criminal justice, Grambling State U.), a former police chief in India, and Marenin (political science/criminal justice, Washington State U.) collect 19 interviews with police leaders from around the world, including Australia, Canada, Dubai, Latvia, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, the UK, the US, and Venezuela. Interviewed by an international group of criminology and criminal justice academics chosen by the editors, the leaders discuss causes and approaches taken by police to current events, structural differences, community, violence and corruption, gender, their personal experiences and philosophy, perspectives on forms of policing, and external factors like international development. No index or bibliography is provided. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

330 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2006