Bibliograph

World encyclopedia of police forces and correctional systems, George Thomas Kurian, editor

Type

Label

World encyclopedia of police forces and correctional systems, George Thomas Kurian, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

World encyclopedia of police forces and correctional systems

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesencyclopediasbibliography

Oclc number

232609601

Responsibility statement

George Thomas Kurian, editor

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Summary

This fully updated version of the original 1989 edition of the World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems describes the national law enforcement and correctional systems of more than 195 countries across the globe

Table Of Contents

Volume 1. Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- List of articles -- About the contributors -- Chronology of international policing -- Overviews -- Countries: A-L -- Volume 2. Countries: M-Z -- List of appendixes -- List of police codes of ethics -- Police codes of ethics -- Text acknowledgements -- Police origins worldwide -- Police rankings -- General bibliography -- Index

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