Comparative Policing

This book is a systematic and comparative analysis of police systems in the Western world, looking at their structure and how they tackle contemporary social problems, such as economic austerity, multi-level governance, transnational change, relations with minorities and transformation of delinquency. Core content includes:

• Comparative histories of the formation of national police systems;

• A discussion of centralised and decentralised police systems;

• International differences in commu...