This edited collection illuminates the weaknesses and strengths of crime reporting across a wide range of countries, with a focus on democratic countries in which the police bear some accountability to citizens.
Auteur
John A. Eterno, Ph.D. is a professor and associate dean of criminal justice at Molloy College in New York. Dr. Eterno is a retired captain for the New York City police. His career included serving as an officer and supervisor on patrol, doing extensive research for the department and training officers. He has done research for the United States Attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York, National Development Research Institutes, and is recognized and testified as an expert on police in the federal courts. Dr. Eterno is a representative to the United Nations for the International Police Executive Symposium. Dr. Eterno's recent books include The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation (with Eli B. Silverman), The Detective's Handbook (with Cliff Roberson) and The New York City Police Department: The Impact of Its Policies and Practices. He is also widely published and quoted in peer reviewed and media outlets. Arvind Verma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Associate Director of India Studies Program at Indiana University, Bloomington (USA). His research interests are in Policing; Criminal Justice Policy Issues, Indian Police, Research Methods, Mathematical Modeling, and Geographical Information Systems. He is the Managing Editor of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, and consultant to the Bureau of Police Research and Development, Government of India. His recent publications [some jointly] include Police Mission: Challenges and Responses published by Scarecrow Press; "Technological Applications for the Police" Indian Police Journal; "Consolidation of the Raj: Notes from a Police Station in British India: 1865-1928" Criminal Justice History; "Teaching Police Officers Human Rights: Some Observations" International Journal of Human Rights and "A Topological Representation of the Criminal Event" Western Criminology Review. His current projects include Policing of Elections in India; Measuring Police Performance through Data Envelopment Analysis and a book titled Indian Police: a Critical Review. Eli B. Silverman, Ph.D, is Professor Emeritus at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center of City University of New York. He has previously served with the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington D. C and was Visiting Exchange Professor at the Police Staff College in Bramshill, England. He has lectured, consulted with and trained numerous law enforcement agencies in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. His research and testimony was cited in 2013 Floyd et. al. City of New York. His recent publications include: The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation, with John Eterno, 2012, "NYPD's Compstat: Compare Statistics or Compose Statistics?" with John A. Eterno, International Journal of Police Science and Management, 2010; NYPD Battles Crime: Innovative Strategies in Policing; "Forcible Stops: Police and Citizens Speak Out," with John Eterno and Christine Barrow, Public Administration Review, 2016.
Contenu
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Austria * Stefanie Meyer
Chapter 2: France * Christian Mouhanna
Chapter 3: Grenada * Christine Sharon Barrow
Chapter 4: India * Arvind Verma and Asim Arun
Chapter 5: Mexico * Elena Azaola and Cliff Roberson
Chapter 6: Netherlands * Peter Versteegh and René Hesseling
Chapter 7: Nigeria * Abdulrahman Dambazau
Chapter 8: Portugal * Gonçalo Nicolau Cerqueira Sopas de Melo Bandeira and Paulo Teixeira
Chapter 9: Russia * Yakov Gilinskiy
Chapter 10: South Africa * Gareth Newham
Chapter 11: Spain * Francesc Guillen Lasierra and Santiago Herrero
Chapter 12: Sweden * Stefan Holgersson
Chapter 13: Tanzania * Simeon P. Sungi
Chapter 14: United Kingdom * Rodger Patrick
Chapter 15: United States * John A. Eterno and Eli B. Silverman
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