In this updated fourth edition, author Maurice Levi successfully integrates both the micro and macro aspects of international finance. He sucessfully explores managerial issues and focuses on problems arising from financial trading relations between nations, whilst covering key topics such as: * organization of foreign exchange markets * determination of exchange rates * the fundamental principles of international finance * foreign exchange risk and exposure * fixed and flexible exchange rates. This impressive new edition builds and improves upon the popular style and...
In this updated fourth edition, author Maurice Levi successfully integrates both the micro and macro aspects of international finance. He sucessfully ...
The increasingly international nature of crime underscores the need for countries to work together to control crime and terrorism. For there to be effective and efficient cooperation on the international level, it is necessary for countries to understand the structure of other police systems. The World Police Encyclopedia fulfills this need by providing a systematic survey of the police systems of all the member nations in the United Nations and Taiwan. Written in a clear and accessible style, the World Police Encyclopedia is an essential resource that scholars,...
The increasingly international nature of crime underscores the need for countries to work together to control crime and terrorism. For there to be eff...
Police officers working in the 21st century must not only possess vast technical knowledge, but also be able to respond with logic and reason when under pressure. Producing a highly professional police officer requires the right combination of formal education and technical training.Police Education and Training in a Global Society explores the similarities and differences in officer training around the world.
Police officers working in the 21st century must not only possess vast technical knowledge, but also be able to respond with logic and reason when und...
Police organizations across the globe are experiencing major changes. Many nations cope with funding constraints as pressures within their societies, terrorism and transnational crime, and social and political transformations necessitate a more democratic form of policing. Drawn from the proceedings at the International Police Executive Symposium in Prague and other IPES projects, Global Environment of Policing is composed of case studies from more than fourteen countries and six continents. Divided into four sections, the book presents contributions from high-level police...
Police organizations across the globe are experiencing major changes. Many nations cope with funding constraints as pressures within their societie...
Written by a world famous international police scholar and former police executive in India, this work is an in-depth comparative study of policing in five different countries. A product of street observations, ride-alongs, interviews, visits, and literature reviews conducted over several years, the text highlights the variety of practices found in different police cultures. Each section of the countries profiled covers organizational structure, selection and training, leadership and supervision, police role and functions, and police/public projects. The first-hand information provided from...
Written by a world famous international police scholar and former police executive in India, this work is an in-depth comparative study of policing in...
Rising terrorism and advances in technology, along with new organizational strategies and investigative techniques, have stretched the traditional role of the police officer. Calls for strong, intelligence-driven, paramilitary policing juxtaposed with a demand for "softer" community policing, leave officers under increased pressure to be tough and resolute, yet compassionate, accountable, and adaptable. A measured analysis of these concerns is crucial to enable police officers to move forward in this increasingly conflicted world Drawn from the most important articles in Police...
Rising terrorism and advances in technology, along with new organizational strategies and investigative techniques, have stretched the traditional rol...
Providing detailed case studies of contemporary initiatives in policing, law enforcement, public safety and crime prevention, this unique volume features selected models that were presented by police executives and scholars at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium held in Turkey in 2006. Each section in the text offers different perspectives from criminal justice administrators in one of a dozen countries, including Australia, England, Japan, India, and the United States. The first book of its kind, no other text offers such a panoramic and...
Providing detailed case studies of contemporary initiatives in policing, law enforcement, public safety and crime prevention, this unique volume featu...
The abuse of women and children transcends geographical boundaries as well as economic, cultural, religious, political, and social divisions. Comprised of the work of more than 20 academics and practitioners from around the world, Criminal Abuse of Women and Children documents the atrocities that have been committed against these victims from ancient to modern times. It examines the causes of such abuse and provides a global survey of what forms of abuse exist and how cases are handled in various parts of the world.
International Experts Survey Patterns of...
The abuse of women and children transcends geographical boundaries as well as economic, cultural, religious, political, and social divisions. Compr...
In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.3 billion in 2007. This ongoing urbanization will continue to create major security challenges in most countries. Based on contributions from academics and practitioners from countries as diverse as Nigeria, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and the US, Urbanization, Policing, and Security: Global Perspectives highlights the crime and disorder problems associated with urbanization and demonstrates police and private security responses to those...
In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.3 billion i...
Following the launch in China of economic reforms and the 'open door policy', a new era of economic growth and global integration dawned. In 2008, the thirtieth anniversary year, China completes three decades of broad-based market-oriented macroeconomic reforms and restructuring. This book traces China's economic renaissance.
Following the launch in China of economic reforms and the 'open door policy', a new era of economic growth and global integration dawned. In 2008, the...
