Global Environment of Policing

Police organizations across the globe are experiencing major changes. Many nations cope with funding constraints as pressures within their societies, terrorism and transnational crime, and social and political transformations necessitate a more democratic form of policing. Drawn from the proceedings at the International Police Executive Symposium in Prague and other IPES projects, Global Environment of Policing is composed of case studies from more than fourteen countries and six continents. Divided into four sections, the book presents contributions from high-level police executives, practitioners, and academics. Policing, Crime Control, and the Community explores community policing in Latin America and the United States and describes the effectiveness of a "zero tolerance" policy in New York City. It also presents a historical case study of policing in Portugal. Policing, Politics, and Democracy examines challenges confronting developing countries, policing in Brazil, police accountability mechanisms in India, and concerns regarding the democratization of policing.Policing: Global Challenges considers a range of contemporary issues within the policing environment, including policing cyberspace, police agencies’ striving for legitimacy, how law enforcement policies travel worldwide, and the problems of organized crime and people smuggling.Police Leadership, Management, Education, and Organization reflects on the growing issue of police reform. It discusses the infusion of private sector thinking into state police organizations, conflicts between police unions and management, training and models for police education, and police accountability in Bangladesh.The final chapter draws conclusions about the research presented in the book and provides a window on future concerns. With insight from world leaders in academia and in the field, the book offers sage insight into the most critical issues facing contemporary police organizations.

Policing, Crime Control and the CommunityThe Impact of International Models of Policing in Latin America: The Case of Community Policing; Hugo FrühlingThe Evolution, Decline, and Nascent Transformation of Community Policing in the United States: 1980–2010; Michael M. BerlinZero Tolerance Policing in Democracies: The Dilemma of Controlling Crime Without Increasing Police Abuse of Power; John A. EternoIn Search of a Police System: From the Quadrilheiros to a Democratic Police System; Luís Fiães FernandesPolicing, Politics and DemocracyPolicing in Brazil at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Severe Challenges in Developing Countries; Emilio E. DellasoppaAdoption of Accountability and Oversight Mechanisms: The Case of the Indian Police; K. S. DhillonTracing the Diffusion of Policing Governance Models From the British Isles and Back Again: Some Directions for Democratic Reform in Troubled Times; Michael KempaPolicing: Global ChallengesPolicing Cybercrimes: Situating the Public Police in Networks of Security Within Cyberspace; David S. WallPolice Memory as a Global Policing Movement; Darren PalmerCreating Institutions: Linking the ‘Local’ and the ‘Global’ in the Travel of Crime Policies; Susanne KarstedtThe Italian Mafias and Migrant Smuggling; Arije AntinoriPolice Leadership, Management, Education and Organization: Issues and TrendsConverging Corporatization? Police Management, Police Unionism, and the Transfer of Business Principles;Pat O’Malley and Steven HutchinsonEvaluation of Motivating Incentives on Performance of Police Personnel at Tema Community;Gerald Dapaah GyamfiNew Strategic Directions in Police Education: An Australian Case Study; David BradleyOversight Mechanism for Law Enforcement: The Experience of Bangladesh; Taptun NasreenConclusion: The Global Environment of Policing Index