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Above the Law
Free Press 2010; Not AvailableThe now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation's top experts on law enforcement, use the incident to introduce a revealing historical analysis of such violence and the extent of its survival in law enforcement today. more...
African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80
Boydell & Brewer 2011; US$ 90.00A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). more...
American Police
Enigma Books 2010; US$ 22.00The only book to trace the origins and development of the American police. more...
American Police, A History: 1945-2012
Enigma Books 2012; US$ 23.00The only new history of the police forces in the U.S. since 1945. more...
The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in the Enlarged Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 111.00The European Union is constantly changing, both in the number of countries it embraces and in policy areas where it plays a major role. The new millennium has witnessed two major changes in the EU's scope. On 1 May 2004, it enlarged to include ten new member states; and the new European Constitution defines providing citizens with an 'area of freedom,... more...
Armed Police
The History Press 2013; US$ 29.15A controversy raged over the increased use of firearms in London due to the increase in secuirty, because in the public mind, the hallmark of British security has always been unarmed policing. Here, former Head of the Metropolitan Police Firearms Unit, Mike Waldren, gives an insider's account of the change in Britain's policing. more...
Behind the Badge
Random House Struik 2010; US$ 6.00Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service. This book is composed of excerpts from interviews with current and former members of the service who, for the first time, share their personal experiences of... more...
Black Police, White Society
NYU Press 1985; US$ 65.00"Extremely informative. . . deserves a wide readership, both inside and outside police departments.". Publishers Weekly. "An imaginative and insightful account of the day-to-day life of the black police officer in a large urban environment. A must read for all police officers, white as well as black.". Marvin Blue.... more...









