Policing developing democracies / edited by Mercedes S. Hinton, Tim Newburn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hinton, Mercedes S., 1977-

Newburn, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--Developing countries.

Police.

New democracies.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Summary:

There are enormous challenges in establishing policing systems in young democracies. Such societies typically have a host of unresolved pressing social, economic and political questions that impinge on policing and the prospects for reform. There are a series of hugely important issues arising in this context, to do with the emergence of the new security agenda, the problems of transnational crime and international terrorism, the rule of law and the role of the police, security services and the military.

This is a field that is not only of growing academic interest but is now the focus of a very significant police reform industry. Development agencies and entrepreneurs are involved around the globe in attempts to establish democratic police reforms in countries with little or no history of such activity. Consequently, there is a growing literature in this field, but as yet no single volume that brings together the central developments.

This book gathers together scholars from political science, international relations and criminology to focus on the issues raised by policing within developing democracies examining countries in Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.

Contents:

1 Introduction: policing developing democracies / Mercedes S. Hinton, Tim Newburn 1

Part I Europe 29

2 Turkey: progress towards democratic policing? / Andrew Goldsmith 31

3 Policing in the 'new' Russia / Adrian Beck, Annette Robertson 50

4 Policing in Serbia: negotiating the transition between rhetoric and reform / Sonja Stojanovic, Mark Downes 73

Part II Asia 99

5 Policing in South Korea: struggle, challenge, and reform / Byongook Moon, Merry Morash 101

6 Democratic policing in India: issues and concerns / Arvind Verma 119

7 Police reform and reconstruction in Timor-Leste: a difficult do-over / Gordon Peake 141

Part III South America 163

8 Venezuela: policing as an exercise in authority / Christopher Birkbeck, Luis Gerardo Gabaldon 165

9 Who polices the police?: The challenges of accountability in democratic Mexico / Diane E. Davis 188

10 Police and state reform in Brazil: bad apple or rotten barrel? / Mercedes S. Hinton 213

Part IV Africa 235

11 Policing in Kenya: a selective service / Alice Hills 237

12 The building of the new South African Police Service: the dynamics of police reform in a changing (and violent) country / Antony Altbeker 260

13 Policing Nigeria: challenges and reforms / Kemi Asiwaju, Otwin Marenin 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415428484

0415428483

9780415428491

0415428491

9780203926932

0203926935

OCLC:

166360337