
Policing And Minority Communities – Contemporary Issues and Global Perpspectives
Author: James F. Albrecht, Garth den Heyer, Perry Stanislas Publisher: © Springer Nature Switzerland AG ISBN: 978-3-030-19182-5 Pages: 333 Language: English
Description:
The police have power, and they use it. The precise dimensions of their authority certainly vary from country to country, according to legal systems and forms of government, but exercising the coercive power of the state is a defining characteristic of the police institution.