Comparative Policing Issues: The British and American Experience in International Perspective

This is an examination of policing that compares and contrasts the different styles of law enforcement worldwide. As well as dealing with police styles in countries as diverse as Japan and Cuba, this book also presents a retrospective analysis of policing systems. The book poses a number of questions such as "Can ideas be transferred from one society to another?", "Are communist police structures significantly different?", "How accountable are the police in different societies?" and "Can the police be better understood through a closer analysis of the wider culture of society?".