Global Issues in Contemporary Policing

by John Eterno (Editor), Arvind Verma (Editor), Aiedeo Mintie Das (Editor), Dilip K. Das (Editor)

Overview

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 or textbook in a special topics course. It consists of edited versions of the best papers presented at the IPES annual meeting in Budapest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315436951
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/03/2017
Series:	International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	276
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

John A. Eterno received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Albany. He is a Professor, Associate Dean, and Director of Graduate Studies in Criminal Justice at Molloy College and a retired Captain from the New York Police Department. Molloy College has recognized his accomplishments with specific awards in various areas including research/publication, teaching and service. He has penned numerous books, book chapters, articles, and editorials on various topics in policing. Some examples of his most recent publications: an op-ed in the New York Times entitled "Policing by the Numbers"; several peer-reviewed articles in Justice Quarterly and the books, The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation (with Eli B. Silverman), The New York City Police Department: The Impact of Its Policies and Practices, and The Detective’s Handbook (with Cliff Roberson).

Arvind Verma is a former officer of the Indian Police Service and currently Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author of a large number of publications. His research interests are in policing of India and computational criminology.

Aiedeo Mintie Das works as a digital media/content marketing specialist. As Director of Public Relations of the International Police Executive Symposium, she organizes international criminal justice symposia, coordinating with Ministries of Interior/Justice to bring together well-known academics and top police leaders in global venues. Currently, she is pursuing her graduate studies in Helsinki, Finland.

Dilip K. Das is a professor of criminal justice, former police chief, founding editor-in-chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal (PPR), and a human rights consultant to the United Nations. After serving in the Indian Police Service for 14 years, he moved to the United States, where he later became the founding president of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), which is in special consultative status with the United Nations. He has authored, edited, and coedited more than 30 books and numerous articles, has received several faculty excellence awards, and was a Distinguished Faculty Lecturer.

Table of Contents

Section I

Leadership and Accountability

1. Policing Continuity and Change

Peter C. Kratcoski

2. Police Executive Leadership and Police Legitimacy

Vipul Kumar

3. On the Acceptability of Closer Public-Private Policing Partnerships: Views from the Public Side

Stephen B. Perrott and Krystina Trites

4. Reactive and Proactive Measures of Police Corruption and Control: Comparative Study in Three Countries

Branislav Simonovic, Maximilian Edelbacher, and Bakhit Nurgaliyev

Section II

Analysis

5. Using Complaints against the Police to Improve Community-Police Relations

Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Mira Taitz, Chantal Sowemimo-Coker, and Ida Nguyen

6. Cybercrime, Cyberattacks, and Problems of Implementing Organizational Cybersecurity

Anthony Minnaar

7. Intelligence Analysis: A Key Tool for Modern Police Management—The Romanian Perspective

Sorina-Maria Cofan and Aurel-Mihail Băloi

Section III

Satisfaction and Community Connections

8. Paradigm Shift in Hong Kong Public Order Policing

Wing Kwong Yung and Sandy Chau

9. Citizen Satisfaction with Police: The Effects of Income Level and Prior Victimization Experiences on Citizen Perception of Police

Robert D. Hanser, Creel S. Gallagher, and Attapol Kuanliang

10. Transformations in Policing—Two Decades of Experience in Community Policing in Slovenia

Branko Lobnikar, Gorazd Meško, and Maja Modic

11. Policing by Consent: Exploring the Possibilities of Functional Linkage between Local Police Stations and Panchayat

Sony Kunjappan