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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Michael R. Sanchez has over 20 years of experience in the criminal justice system, including four years as an International Police Officer for the United Nations in Kosovo and one year in Haiti. Dr. Sanchez currently teaches Criminal Justice at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Klappentext This book explores the reasons behind the United Nations Police's chronic performance troubles and explains how the very fabric of the organization contributes to its ineffectiveness. This timely book focuses on the previously unstudied phenomenon of complex acculturation, i.e., adjusting to multiple different cultures simultaneously. Zusammenfassung This book explores the reasons behind the United Nations Police’s chronic performance troubles and explains how the very fabric of the organization contributes to its ineffectiveness. This timely book focuses on the previously unstudied phenomenon of complex acculturation, i.e., adjusting to multiple different cultures simultaneously. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction, 2. United Nations International Police, 3. The UNPOL Experience, 4. Exploring Expatriate and UNPOL Performance, 5. Identifying Simple and Complex Acculturation, 6. Phenomenological Description of Complex Acculturation , 7.Sources of Cultural Dissonance, 8. UNPOL Productivity and Complex Acculturation as a Construct, 9. Successfully Coping with the Challenges of Complex Acculturation, 10. Implications of this Research