Policing in Africa
By: David J. Francis
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780230339477
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; Police; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
Description: "This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It has three primary objectives. First, it critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa. Secondly, it outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies. Finally, it engages with the nature, scope, and diversity of international interventions for police capacity-building in countries emerging from war as part of security sector reform"--