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  • Police Leaders as Thinkers

    Edited by Arvind Verma, Dilip K. Das ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book identifies police leaders who have stood out and chalked a path that has transformed their organizations. It describes these thinkers, who look deep into the challenges of policing and comment critically upon various responses and actions.Featuring profiles of police leaders from various countries, this book features officers with an aptitude for learning, presenting the situations they ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • How Countries Count Crime

    An Exercise in Police Discretion

    This edited collection illuminates the weaknesses and strengths of crime reporting across a wide range of countries, with a focus on democratic countries in which the police bear some accountability to citizens. In one compendium, for the first time, this book documents how different countries record (or fail to record) crimes. With chapters written by native authors who are experts on the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Policing Muslim Communities

    Comparative International Context

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In the past two decades, Muslim countries across the globe have been faced with a crisis in governance. Starting with a summary of Islamic Law (Sharia) and its implications for law enforcement, this book will highlight the unique needs and challenges of law enforcement, and particularly policing, in these communities. It will provide a scholarly exposition of Sharia law and how it is compatible ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Global Community Policing

    Problems and Challenges

    Series series International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications
    In nations all over the world, community policing has been found extremely beneficial in improving public confidence in the police. Community-oriented policing and police-citizen cooperation is now the accepted framework for all progressive police departments. Drawn from the proceedings at the 2010 International Police Executive Symposium (IPES) in ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Global Issues in Contemporary Policing

    Series series International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications
    This book addresses six areas of policing: performance management, professional and academic partnerships, preventing and fighting crime and terrorism, immigrant and multicultural populations, policing the police, and cyber-security. The book contains the most current and ground-breaking research across the world of policing with contributors from over 20 countries. It is also a suitable reference ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The New Khaki

    The Evolving Nature of Policing in India

    by Arvind Verma ...
    Series series Advances in Police Theory and Practice
    In a democratic society, police are expected to be accountable to the people they serve, upholding the rights of citizens and following due process. In India, however, political pressure in the competitive electoral arena forces the police to adopt questionable means and dubious strategies. As a hierarchical bureaucratic organization, disciplined i ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Police Mission

    Challenges and Responses

    What is the best management style for the police? Police Mission discusses the values and norms inherent in the American police mission, and examines how police respond to challenges that arise while attempting to uphold this mission. It reveals that the way officers are being trained in ethics and human relations are not effective as they could be, and argues that policing has to move towards a ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Sex Trafficking

    A Global Perspective

    Global estimates of human trafficking range from 600,000 to four million victims each year with the majority being victims of sex trafficking. This strikingly large range belies the difficulty in gathering, defining, and accountability of sex-trafficking data. Victims of sex trafficking may be forced into pornography, prostitution for the military or militia, spousal prostitution, and prostitution ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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    Public Leadership under Pressure

    Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the impact, while critics and bureaucratic competitors make use of social media to blame incumbent rulers and their policies. In this extreme environment, policymakers must somehow establish a sense of normality, and foster ... Read more

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  • Police

    Current Issues in Canadian Law Enforcement

    Edited by Dennis P. Forcese ...
    Not a day goes by in which the police do not figure prominently in the news. Whether it be as investigators of a rural homicide, or as the subjects of a debate on police chases, the police are ever-present. They are news.The public’s fear of crime and the "law and order" agenda prominently advanced by many politicians make Police a particularly topical collection of original essays that examine ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canadian Policing in the 21st Century

    A Frontline Officer on Challenges and Changes

    How can police remain effective and vital in an era of unprecedented technological advances, access to information, and the global transformation of crime? Written by a long-serving officer, Canadian Policing in the 21st Century offers a rare look at street-level police work and the hidden culture behind the badge. Robert Chrismas shares experiences from his years of service to highlight areas ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • International Crime and Justice

    Edited by Mangai Natarajan ...
    International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers international and transnational crimes that have not been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. This book examines the field from a global perspective. It provides an introduction to the nature of international and transnational crimes and the theoretical perspectives that assist in understanding the relationship ... Read more

    $63.99 USD