Patterns of Policing: A Comparative International Analysis

by David H. Bayley

Book Overview

"Patterns of Policing" is the first comparison of the development and operation of police in countries throughout the world, concentrating on Asia, Europe, and North America. Bayley examines the variability in police work, suggests reasons for this variation, and makes preditions about the future role of police.

He considers how contemporary police institutions have developed. Police forces worldwide tend to be public rather than private, to concentrate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813516188
• ISBN13: 9780813516189
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 8.5"