Policing Corruption ─ International Perspectives

The eighth annual meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium was held in Szczytno, Poland in May 2001 and concentrated on the issue of corruption in police and governmental institutions. Sarre (law and criminology, U. of South Australia), Das (sociology and criminal justice, State U. of New York at Plattsburgh, US), and Albrecht (director, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Germany) present 24 revised papers from the conference produced by police and government officials and academics and other researchers in about equal measure. The papers offer descriptions of corruption and efforts to fight it in countries as diverse as Austria, Turkey, Bangladesh, Croatia, Brazil, Macedonia, China, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Kenya, and Russia. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rick Sarre is Associate Professor of Law and Criminology at the School of International Business, University of South Australia. Dilip K. Das, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, also serves as President of the International Police Executive Symposium and Editor-in-Chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal.