Patterns of policing: A comparative international analysis (Crime, law, and deviance series) - Hardcover

Bayley, David H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813510945 ISBN 13: 9780813510941

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 1985

Synopsis

"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 on crime fighting rather than services, and to be professionally trained and recruited. There is, however, great variation in the structure of police forces, which are generally either centralized or, as in the United States, decentralized.

The behavior of the police toward their constituents also varies by nation. As urbanization and industrialization increase, the public finds itself in greater contact with police and may begin to rely on them more for protection. There are also marked differences cross-nationally in the way police relate to political and community life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813510945
• ISBN 13: 9780813510941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 263