International Perspectives on Police Education and Training

This book examines the role of education and training in the development of police in the contemporary world, bringing together international scholars and practitioners and throwing light on important aspects of public service policing.

List of contents

1. Introduction, 2. An overview of police training in the United States; historical development, current trends and critical issues: the evidence, 3. Police training and education and university collaboration in Australia, 4. Challenges and dilemmas facing university based police education and training in Britain, 5. Perspectives of police training and education: the Canadian experience, 6. Developing occupational competency profiles: the Netherlands experience, 7. Police training reform in India: bringing knowledge-based learning to the Indian police service, 8. Firearms and self-defence training in Sweden, 9. Police use of force issues in Canada, 10. How violence comes to French police: the role of violence in the socialisation and training of the French police, 11. Police training and education in Hugary, 12. A review of police education and training in China, 13. Transforming St. Lucian policing through recruit training in a context of high crime,14. Getting back to Peel: PSCO training in England and Wales, 15. New perspectives on police training and education: lessons from the private sector, 16. Police training in America: changes in the new millennium, 17. Conclusion.

About the author

Perry Stanislas has over 30 years international experience in non-state and state policing. He was the first full-time civilian policy advisor for a police organization specializing in human resource management and quality of service.

Summary

This book examines the role of education and training in the development of police in the contemporary world, bringing together international scholars and practitioners and throwing light on important aspects of public service policing.

Product details

• Authors: Perry (Demontfort University Stanislas
• Assisted by: Perry Stanislas (Editor), Stanislas Perry (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415632188
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63218-8
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Society & culture: general, Legal aspects of criminology, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Police law & police procedures, Criminology: legal aspects, Police law and police procedures