The Rise of Comparative Policing
This book argues that policing should be studied in a comparative manner as a way of identifying more accurately the diverse features of police organisations and the trends which affect contemporary policing. Studying policing comparatively is also a way to develop better theories on the relations between police, state and society aiming at higher degree of generalization. In particular, broadening the empirical basis, often limited to Western countries, favours the formulation of more encompassing theories. The comparative analysis, then, is used to refine or challenge existing meso or macro theories on various aspects of policing.
The book covers the challenges of comparative research in diverse areas of policing studies with innovative tools and approaches to allow for the development of that subfield of policing. It is a significant new contribution to policing studies, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers and advanced students of Public Policy, Sociology, Political Science and Law.
The chapters in this book were originally published in Policing and Society.
Jacques de Maillard is Professor of Political Science at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and at Sciences Po Saint Germain-en-Laye, and director of the Cesdip (a research centre affiliated to the CNRS, the French Ministry of Justice, the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and CY Cergy Paris Universit). His interests lie in the questions of local governance of security, the comparative study of policing in Western countries and plural policing.
Sebastian Roch is CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) Research Professor at Sciences Po / University of Grenoble Alpes, Pacte research unit. He is the European Editor of Policing and Society. He specialises in comparative governance of police systems and of policing practices.
The Rise of Comparative Policing
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Jacques de Maillard and Sebastian Roch
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Contents
Jacques de Maillard and Sebastian Roch
Part 1
Policing and the state: national paradigms, private security and citizens role
Bas van Stokkom and Jan Terpstra
Mark Button and Peter Stiernstedt
Kwan Choi and Ju-lak Lee
Part 2
Comparing policecitizen relations: policies and practices
Genevieve Lennon and Kath Murray
Jacques de Maillard, Daniela Hunold, Sebastian Roch and Dietrich Oberwittler
Part 3
Police legitimacy, democracy and integrity: the need for comparative instruments across contexts
Francis D. Boateng
Jon Maskly, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovi, Maria Haberfeld, Christopher Donner, Tiffany Chen and Michael Meyers
The following chapters were originally published in different issues of the Policing and Society. When citing this material, please use the original citations and page numbering for each article, as follows:
Plural policing, the public good, and the constitutional state: an international comparison of Austria and Canada Ontario
Bas van Stokkom and Jan Terpstra
Policing and Society, volume 28, issue 4 (2018), pp. 415430
Comparing private security regulation in the European Union
Mark Button and Peter Stiernstedt
Policing and Society, volume 28, issue 4 (2018), pp. 398414
Citizen participation in community safety: a comparative study of community policing in South Korea and the UK
Kwan Choi and Ju-lak Lee
Policing and Society, volume 26, issue 2 (2016), pp. 165184
Under-regulated and unaccountable? Explaining variation in stop and search rates in Scotland, England and Wales
Genevieve Lennon and Kath Murray
Policing and Society, volume 28, issue 2 (2018), pp. 157174
Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and Germany
Jacques de Maillard, Daniela Hunold, Sebastian Roch and Dietrich Oberwittler
Policing and Society, volume 28, issue 2 (2018), pp. 175188
Police legitimacy in Africa: a multilevel multinational analysis
Francis D. Boateng
Policing and Society, volume 28, issue 9 (2018), pp. 11051120
Assessing the validity of police integrity scale in a comparative context
Jon Maskly, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovi, Maria Haberfeld, Christopher Donner, Tiffany Chen and Michael Meyers
Policing and Society, volume 30, issue 6 (2020), pp. 618638
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Francis D. Boateng, Department of Legal Studies, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA.
Mark Button, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Tiffany Chen, Criminology Program, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
Kwan Choi
