Comparison in Policing: An International Perspective.

edited by dean Paul Brodeur. Avebury. 1995.

As the world becomes more interconnected and its societies become more mobile, fragmentary, and diverse, the role and effectiveness of the public police becomes more ideologically and operationally problematic. One way of dealing with post modern confusion and uncertainty is to hold periodic conferences or workshops. The usual suspects are invited; government policy wonks, selected police representatives, and academics of various backgrounds. The written results of such conferences are a predictably mixed bag of official policy propaganda, dutifully descriptive pieces, and sometimes insightful essays and commentaries.

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