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Police reform in Mexico : informal politics and the challenge of institutional change
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ISBN: 0804782067 9780804782067 9780804778657 0804778655 Year: 2012 Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Politics and Policy, an imprint of Stanford University Press,

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The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990's, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity. Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing on Mexico's municipal police, which make up the largest percentage of the country's police forces. Indeed, organized crime presents a major obstacle to institutional change, with criminal groups killing hundreds of local police...


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Working the street : police discretion and the dilemmas of reform
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ISBN: 0871541904 9780871541901 Year: 1981 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Russell Sage Foundation


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Training the 21st century police officer : redefining police professionalism for the Los Angeles Police Department
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ISBN: 128245143X 9786612451430 0833036114 0833034685 9780833036117 9780833034687 9781282451438 Year: 2003 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND,

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This study recommends that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) adopt a concept of police professionalism that incorporates the tenets of corporateness, responsibility, and expertise as the mechanism for guiding the development and execution of its training, to include training in the areas of use of force, search and seizure, arrest procedures, community policing, and diversity awareness.


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Inside the British police : a force at work
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ISBN: 0631131124 9780631131120 Year: 1983 Publisher: Oxford Blackwell


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Joining forces : police training, socialization and occupational competence
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ISBN: 041500683X 9780415006835 Year: 1988 Publisher: London Routledge

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