KURIAN George Thomas

World encyclopedia of police forces and correctional systems . Volume 1 , overview, countries A-L / edited by George Thomas Kurian - 2nd ed. - Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson Gale , 2006 - xix, 613 p. : ill. maps

Extensively revised and expanded edition. Volume 1 features several essays on police topics including: history of policing, cybercrime, Interpol, kinds of police forces, role of police, history of prisons, police and terrorism, global trends in juvenile crime, transnational organized crime. Individual country entries give structure of police force, statistics, uniforms and equipment, education and training, human rights, crime, and the correctional system with prison statistics.

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