Jospeter M. Mbuba is professor of criminal justice and public administration at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Across the globe police services routinely provide descriptions and data that can be found with a few clicks. Seeking to investigate policing practices in greater depth, editor Mbuba offers a much more nuanced critique. He amasses 20 insightful essays from 29 contributing authors examining contemporary law enforcement in different countries. The contributors, all academics or researchers, summarize police developments, cultures, and procedures in nations they know well, spanning Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Poland, Serbia, the UK, Uruguay, the US, and Zimbabwe. Those interested in sharp perceptions of law enforcement in these states will likely find these chapters enlightening. The authors write candidly and often fearlessly about the realities they perceive. Some list points for improvement; in other cases the need for further reform is made clear. If policing leads to authoritarianism, corruption, and abuse, then reform is vital, if in fact it can be achieved. The broad trend in these countries—surely with exceptions—is for policing to embrace a non-military style of protection and service. Yet public safety anywhere can be achieved at great cost and then deplorably lost. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.

• Part I: AfricaChapter 1: Policing in Ghana by Joseph Appiahene-GyamfiChapter 2: Policing in the Republic of Kenya: Structure and Practice by Jospeter M. MbubaChapter 3: Policing and Law Enforcement in Zimbabwe by Jephias Matunhu and Viola MatunhuPart II: EuropeChapter 4: Battles to Define the Danish Police: Police Reform and the Transformation of Organizational Ideals and Practices by Mikkel Jarle ChristensenChapter 5: Police in England and Wales by Timi Osidipe and Jonathan SouthChapter 6: Criminal Policies in Action: Italian Police Forces, Discretionary Powers, and Selective Law Enforcement by Giulia Fabini and Alvise SbracciaChapter 7: The Police and Policing in Poland by Monika BaylisChapter 8: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Police Organization in the Republic of Serbia by Dalibor Kekic, Filip Kukic and Miloš MilenkovicPart III: Asia and OceaniaChapter 9: The Chinese Police: Structure, Police-Public Relations, and Deviance by Mengliang Dai and Yunyun YangChapter 10: Police System

Jospeter M. Mbuba is professor of criminal justice and public administration at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Across the globe police services routinely provide descriptions and data that can be found with a few clicks. Seeking to investigate policing practices in greater depth, editor Mbuba offers a much more nuanced critique. He amasses 20 insightful essays from 29 contributing authors examining contemporary law enforcement in different countries. The contributors, all academics or researchers, summarize police developments, cultures, and procedures in nations they know well, spanning Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Poland, Serbia, the UK, Uruguay, the US, and Zimbabwe. Those interested in sharp perceptions of law enforcement in these states will likely find these chapters enlightening. The authors write candidly and often fearlessly about the realities they perceive. Some list points for improvement; in other cases the need for further reform is made clear. If policing leads to authoritarianism, corruption, and abuse, then reform is vital, if in fact it can be achieved. The broad trend in these countries—surely with exceptions—is for policing to embrace a non-military style of protection and service. Yet public safety anywhere can be achieved at great cost and then deplorably lost. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.

• Part I: AfricaChapter 1: Policing in Ghana by Joseph Appiahene-GyamfiChapter 2: Policing in the Republic of Kenya: Structure and Practice by Jospeter M. MbubaChapter 3: Policing and Law Enforcement in Zimbabwe by Jephias Matunhu and Viola MatunhuPart II: EuropeChapter 4: Battles to Define the Danish Police: Police Reform and the Transformation of Organizational Ideals and Practices by Mikkel Jarle ChristensenChapter 5: Police in England and Wales by Timi Osidipe and Jonathan SouthChapter 6: Criminal Policies in Action: Italian Police Forces, Discretionary Powers, and Selective Law Enforcement by Giulia Fabini and Alvise SbracciaChapter 7: The Police and Policing in Poland by Monika BaylisChapter 8: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Police Organization in the Republic of Serbia by Dalibor Kekic, Filip Kukic and Miloš MilenkovicPart III: Asia and OceaniaChapter 9: The Chinese Police: Structure, Police-Public Relations, and Deviance by Mengliang Dai and Yunyun YangChapter 10: Police System

Jospeter M. Mbuba is professor of criminal justice and public administration at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Across the globe police services routinely provide descriptions and data that can be found with a few clicks. Seeking to investigate policing practices in greater depth, editor Mbuba offers a much more nuanced critique. He amasses 20 insightful essays from 29 contributing authors examining contemporary law enforcement in different countries. The contributors, all academics or researchers, summarize police developments, cultures, and procedures in nations they know well, spanning Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Poland, Serbia, the UK, Uruguay, the US, and Zimbabwe. Those interested in sharp perceptions of law enforcement in these states will likely find these chapters enlightening. The authors write candidly and often fearlessly about the realities they perceive. Some list points for improvement; in other cases the need for further reform is made clear. If policing leads to authoritarianism, corruption, and abuse, then reform is vital, if in fact it can be achieved. The broad trend in these countries—surely with exceptions—is for policing to embrace a non-military style of protection and service. Yet public safety anywhere can be achieved at great cost and then deplorably lost. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.

• Part I: AfricaChapter 1: Policing in Ghana by Joseph Appiahene-GyamfiChapter 2: Policing in the Republic of Kenya: Structure and Practice by Jospeter M. MbubaChapter 3: Policing and Law Enforcement in Zimbabwe by Jephias Matunhu and Viola MatunhuPart II: EuropeChapter 4: Battles to Define the Danish Police: Police Reform and the Transformation of Organizational Ideals and Practices by Mikkel Jarle ChristensenChapter 5: Police in England and Wales by Timi Osidipe and Jonathan SouthChapter 6: Criminal Policies in Action: Italian Police Forces, Discretionary Powers, and Selective Law Enforcement by Giulia Fabini and Alvise SbracciaChapter 7: The Police and Policing in Poland by Monika BaylisChapter 8: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Police Organization in the Republic of Serbia by Dalibor Kekic, Filip Kukic and Miloš MilenkovicPart III: Asia and OceaniaChapter 9: The Chinese Police: Structure, Police-Public Relations, and Deviance by Mengliang Dai and Yunyun YangChapter 10: Police System