Changing the Guard: Developing Democratic Police Abroad

by David H. Bayley

Book Overview

Every day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime. These assistance missions attempt to promote democratic law enforcement in devastated countries. But do these missions really facilitate the creation of effective policing? Renowned criminologist David...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195189752
• ISBN13: 9780195189759
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"