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World encyclopedia of police forces and correctional systems / George Thomas Kurian, editor.

Kurian, George Thomas.; Kurian, George Thomas. World encyclopedia of police forces and penal systems.
2006
HV7901 .W63 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
World encyclopedia of police forces and correctional systems / George Thomas Kurian, editor.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9780787677367 (alk. paper)
0787677361 (alk. paper)
9780787677374 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
078767737X (v. 1 : alk. paper)
9780787677381 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
0787677388 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
Published
Detroit : Thomson Gale, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Description
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Call Number
HV7901 .W63 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.203
Summary
The World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems is the 2nd edition of the work published in 1988 as World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Penal Systems. The 1st edition covered 183 countries in 1 volume. The present one covers 198 countries in 2 volumes. In the intervening years between the first and second editions the world has changed dramatically, and so have law enforcement and corrections. In the first edition, law enforcement was perceived as a local activity limited to nations and localities within nations. With the ever-present threat of terrorism, law enforcement ahs taken on a global dimension and the globalization of the science and the profession will only continue to grow in the future. When the first edition was published the Soviet Union had pulled down its iron curtain across half the world, permitting little information to leak into the free world. The collapse of Communism meant not only that there were now 21 more nations in the world, but that there was more access to the police systems of those countries that were once closed to the scrutiny of scholars. Those changes are reflected in the second edition and the scope of the work. The first part of the encyclopedia critical global themes that affect all nations and that cannot be properly treated in national chapters.
The second part consists of country studies that include history, structure and organization, education, training, and recruitment, uniforms and weapons, transportation, technology and communications, human rights, police corruption and prison conditions. Basic statistics are presented for both police and crime. While various of information are unavailable for some countries, the encyclopedia represents one of the largest available caches of information on law enforcement and correctional systems. From the Introduction.
Note
Rev. ed. of: World encyclopedia of police forces and penal systems / George Thomas Kurian. c1989.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Kurian, George Thomas.
Kurian, George Thomas. World encyclopedia of police forces and penal systems.
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