LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GLOBAL

PERSPECTIVE
In an everchanging complex world, law enforcement must readily adapt
to fight criminals/terrorist. These experts are well -versed in law
enforcement methods and operations in their respective countries.
Nearly every part of the globe is presented in a cornucopia of nations:
Australia, Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, Russia, and the United States.
Many of the contributors are world renowned scholars with practical
policing experience.

A. COMPARATIVE POLICE RESEARCH

Comparative research of law enforcement organizations investigates a
variety of issues, including the function and organization of police in
different parts of the world.

B. POLICING ACROSS NATIONAL BOARDERS

In recent years, police research has been concerned, more than ever
before, with dimension of law enforcement that traverse the boarders
of national legal jurisdictions (e. g., Deflem,1996, 1997, Sheptycki,1995,
1996; Marx, 1997; McDonald, 1997a). This research has revealed that
police officials often operate outside the borders of their countries.

2.THE CROSS-CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ETHNICITY, AGE AND

GENDER OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
This section focuses on issues surrounding ethnicity, Age, and Gender, in
comparative justice research. The special treatment of this issues is
warranted because they are, and have been for a long time, at the heart
of many discussions in criminal justice research, particularly because
they are often related to important inequalities. Indeed, research has
consistently revealed that ethnic minorities, juveniles, and men are
overrepresented in criminal justice system within nations.

A.IMMIGRANTS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES.

An extremely rich tradition exist on comparative criminal justice
research that devotes attention to the treatment of immigrants and
ethnics of minorities in criminal justice systems across the world. Find
that every country has been studied crime and incarceration rates of
the members of most minority groups, also the minority groups that
have a high crime and/or imprisonment rate typically belong to socially
and economically disadvantages social classes.

B. JUVENILE JUSTICE AND GENDER DISCREPANCIES

Despite the overall decline of juvenile crime in the last decade, arrest
rates for girls have been static as compared to boys. Due to the overall
higher arrest rates for boys, more resources have been deployed
towards their diversion from the juvenile justice system.

3.THE STATE AND FUTURE OF COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

It is undeniable that comparative research on criminal justice is a rich
tradition which has made important progress over the years. The
benefits of a comparative focus maybe especially felt in the current era
of globalization, which has brought countries of the world more closely
together.