Changing the Guard Developing Democratic Police Abroad [Hardcover]

Every day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime. These assistance missions attempt to promote democratic law enforcement in devastated countries. But do these missions really facilitate the creation of effective policing? Renowned criminologist David H. Bayley here examines the prospects for the reform of police forces overseas as a means of encouraging the development of democratic governments. In doing so, he assesses obstacles for promoting democratic policing in a state-of-the-art review of all efforts to promote democratic reform since 1991.Changing the Guardoffers an inside look at the achievements and limits of current American foreign assistance, outlining the nature and scope of the police assistance program and the agencies that provide it. Bayley concludes with recommendations for how police assistance could be improved in volatile countries across the world. This book is required reading as an instruction manual for building democratic policing overseas.


Preface
1. Problem and Opportunity
2. Democracy and Police Reform
3. U.S. Programs and Policy
4. Strategies of Reform
5. Security and Reform
6. Managing Assistance
7. Evaluating Impact
8. Organizing for Success
Appendix: Executive summary of recommendations
Index

Bayley provides a timely and broad discussion of the very important topic of developing democratic police forces abroad and the issues surrounding democratic policing in developing nations The worldwide expansion of democratic governments and an increasing emphasis on expanding democracy by the current US Administration and others should make this book required reading for those interested in international development. --Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Manageló'