<P>This book is a systematic and comparative analysis of police systems in the Western world, looking at their structure and how they tackle contemporary social problems, such as economic austerity, multi-level governance, transnational change, relations with minorities and transformation of delinquency. Core content includes: </P><P>¿ Comparative histories of the formation of national police systems; </P><P>¿ A discussion of centralised and decentralised police systems; </P><P>¿ International differences in community policing; </P><P>¿ A review of different police strategies in fighting delinquency and reducing urban disorder;</P><P>¿ A comparative analysis of different ways of controlling police misconduct; </P><P>¿ An exploration of different models of plural policing. </P><P>While other books focus on policing in relation to measures effective in decreasing delinquency and augmenting security, this book considers the political, professional, administrative and political economic pa