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WORLD POLICE SYSTEMS - A FACTUAL TEXT, PARTS 1 AND 2

NCJ Number
39250
Author(s)
M A DOREY; G J SWIDLER
Date Published
1975
Length
376 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK PRESENTS INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, METHOD, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLICE SYSTEMS IN EIGHTEEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
DATA ON COURT ORGANIZATION, STRUCTURE, AND OPERATION ARE ALSO INCLUDED. EACH OF THE 19 COUNTRIES ARE TREATED SEPARATELY. THEY INCLUDE JAPAN, THAILAND, SOUTH AFRICA, WEST GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY), ITALY, SWEDEN, ENGLAND, PUERTO RICO, CANADA (BOTH THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE AND THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE), AUSTRALIA, IRELAND, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, ISRAEL, TURKEY, MEXICO, AND THE UNITED STATES. THIS BOOK IS INTENDED FOR STUDENTS OF CRIMINOLOGY, CRIMINAL LAW, AND THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, AS WELL AS THE POLICE OFFICER HIMSELF. FOR PART ONE ONLY, SEE NCJ-13275....ELW