Community Policing - International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Dominique Wisler is a United Nations consultant in Troinex, Switzerland. Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe is a professor at Texas Southern University in Houston. Klappentext Bringing together the research of anthropologists and criminologists, this volume explores the concept of community policing from a world-wide perspective. Zusammenfassung Bringing together the research of anthropologists and criminologists, this volume explores the concept of community policing from a world-wide perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Rethinking Police and Society: Community Policing in Comparison. Community Policing in a High Crime Transitional State: The Case of South Africa Since Democratization in 1994. Reforming Community, Reclaiming the State: The Development of Sungusungu in Northern Tanzania. Community Policing: The Case of Informal Policing in Nigeria. The French Centralized Model of Policing: Control of the Citizens. Community Policing in Belgium: The Vicissitudes of the Development of a Police Model. Patterns of Community Policing in Britain. Community Policing in the United States: Social Control Through Image Management. Fit for Purpose: Working with the Community to Strengthen Policing in Victoria, Australia. A Chinese Theory of Community Policing. The Police, Community, and Community Justice Institutions in India. Community Policing and Police Reform in Latin America. Authors. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Dominique (United Nations Consultant Wisler, Dominique Onwudiwe Wisler
• Assisted by: Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe (Editor), Onwudiwe Ihekwoaba D. (Editor), Dominique Wisler (Editor), Wisler Dominique (Editor), Dilip K. Das (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2009
• EAN: 9781420093582
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-9358-2
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice; Advances in Police Theory and; Advances in Police Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Guides; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Police & security services, Police and security services