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Challenges of policing democracies : a world perspective / edited by Dilip K. Das and Otwin Marenin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Police power--Political aspects.
- Police power.
- Police administration--Political aspects.
- Police administration.
- Police--Public opinion--Political aspects.
- Police.
- Police--Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Gordon & Breach, 2000.
- Summary:
- In this text, the editors analyze the diverse situations that police forces operate under and the challenges that they face in different kinds of democracies. This cross-cultural comparison of various systems highlights the universal observation that police are a anomaly in a democracy and explores how various influences -- for example, large-scale social violence, a zeal for crime fighting, and vulnerability to temptation -- often find police incapable of behaving in a democratic manner. Challenges goes beyond just showing the similarities and differences of the policing challenges democratic societies face, it also examines the responses and remedies adopted by police in various countries at different levels of democratic achievement and how every society struggles with the challenges of preserving democratic values without sacrificing the effectiveness of policing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9057005581
- OCLC:
- 42835011
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